Reason for writing this article I had to spend a good amount of time to clear the issue "ORA-29024: Certificate validation failure" after configuring AWS SES SMTP in Oracle Apex. Thought of sharing the steps followed so that it may help someone trying to figure out the same problem. Background AWS SES is a cloud-based email sending service from Amazon. If you are on the AWS platform, then AWS SES may be a good choice for your Apex application. I found these two well-written blogs that explain the whole process of configuring SMTP in Oracle Apex. http://thinkoracleapex.blogspot.com/2018/12/integrate-your-apex-application-with.html https://icurly.net/2019/07/12/how-to-send-emails-from-apex-to-an-external-source-using-gmails-smtp/ Kudos to the authors. I followed the instructions in their blog except for the process of downloading a root certificate for SES SMTP end-points. Most of the article gives you an easy method to obtain the certificate by clicking on the padlock icon i...