Grafana docker running in ECS(AWS) is failing to send email alert using Simple Email Service (AWS) SMTP server

Grafana docker running in ECS(AWS) is failing to send email alert using Simple Email Service (AWS) SMTP server

Grafana - version : v5.4.3
SMTP server: email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:25

Grafana Run command:
docker run -d -p 3000:3000
-e “GF_SMTP_ENABLED=true”
-e "GF_SMTP_HOST=email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com:25
-e “GF_SMTP_USER=xxx”
-e “GF_SMTP_PASSWORD=xxx”
grafana/grafana:5.4.3

Error: eror msg=“Failed to send alert notification email” logger=alerting.notifier.email error=“dial tcp 54.243.251.159:25: i/o timeout”

please help

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Also having this issue. It’s intermittent which is odd. It sends emails sometimes, but not others.

https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-port-25-throttle/ Throttling?