Here is a walk-thru from AWS that has worked well. If AWS, or anyone, comes up with a simpler way to do this, then this page will be updated and credit given to the solution creator.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/DeveloperGuide/sendmail.html

Here is a PDF version of the link above, just in case the above page goes away. PDF created on Nov. 11, 2015.

Integrating Amazon SES with Sendmail – Amazon Simple Email Service