AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess

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Summary

Provides read only access to WorkMail and SES.

Permissions imported from the AWS Managed Policy Reference Guide; other sections pending editorial review.

Identity

ARN: arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess
Default version: v4
Created: 2015-02-06
Last edited: 2019-07-25
Services: cloudwatch, iam, lambda, logs, ses, workmail

Control-plane actions (105)

By access level: 25 List, 80 Read.

Control-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
IAM	1 of 190	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	iam:ListRoles
Lambda	1 of 121	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	lambda:ListFunctions
CloudWatch Logs	1 of 133	1 List; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	logs:DescribeLogGroups
SES	53 of 231	53 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	ses:Describe, ses:Get
WorkMail	49 of 126	22 List, 27 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	workmail:Describe, workmail:Get, workmail:List, workmail:Search

IAM: 1 actions

iam:ListRoles (List)

Lambda: 1 actions

lambda:ListFunctions (List)

CloudWatch Logs: 1 actions

logs:DescribeLogGroups (List)

SES: 53 actions

ses:DescribeActiveReceiptRuleSet (Read)
ses:DescribeConfigurationSet (Read)
ses:DescribeReceiptRule (Read)
ses:DescribeReceiptRuleSet (Read)
ses:GetAccount (Read)
ses:GetAccountSendingEnabled (Read)
ses:GetAddonInstance (Read)
ses:GetAddonSubscription (Read)
ses:GetAddressList (Read)
ses:GetAddressListImportJob (Read)
ses:GetArchive (Read)
ses:GetArchiveExport (Read)
ses:GetArchiveMessage (Read)
ses:GetArchiveMessageContent (Read)
ses:GetArchiveSearch (Read)
ses:GetArchiveSearchResults (Read)
ses:GetBlacklistReports (Read)
ses:GetConfigurationSet (Read)
ses:GetConfigurationSetEventDestinations (Read)
ses:GetContact (Read)
ses:GetContactList (Read)
ses:GetCustomVerificationEmailTemplate (Read)
ses:GetDedicatedIp (Read)
ses:GetDedicatedIpPool (Read)
ses:GetDedicatedIps (Read)
ses:GetDeliverabilityDashboardOptions (Read)
ses:GetDeliverabilityTestReport (Read)
ses:GetDomainDeliverabilityCampaign (Read)
ses:GetDomainStatisticsReport (Read)
ses:GetEmailAddressInsights (Read)
ses:GetEmailIdentity (Read)
ses:GetEmailIdentityPolicies (Read)
ses:GetEmailTemplate (Read)
ses:GetExportJob (Read)
ses:GetIdentityDkimAttributes (Read)
ses:GetIdentityMailFromDomainAttributes (Read)
ses:GetIdentityNotificationAttributes (Read)
ses:GetIdentityPolicies (Read)
ses:GetIdentityVerificationAttributes (Read)
ses:GetImportJob (Read)
ses:GetIngressPoint (Read)
ses:GetMemberOfAddressList (Read)
ses:GetMessageInsights (Read)
ses:GetMultiRegionEndpoint (Read)
ses:GetRelay (Read)
ses:GetReputationEntity (Read)
ses:GetRuleSet (Read)
ses:GetSendQuota (Read)
ses:GetSendStatistics (Read)
ses:GetSuppressedDestination (Read)
ses:GetTemplate (Read)
ses:GetTenant (Read)
ses:GetTrafficPolicy (Read)

WorkMail: 49 actions

workmail:DescribeEmailMonitoringConfiguration (Read)
workmail:DescribeEntity (Read)
workmail:DescribeGroup (List)
workmail:DescribeIdentityProviderConfiguration (Read)
workmail:DescribeInboundDmarcSettings (Read)
workmail:DescribeInboundMailFlowRule (Read)
workmail:DescribeMailDomains (List)
workmail:DescribeMailboxExportJob (Read)
workmail:DescribeOrganization (List)
workmail:DescribeOutboundMailFlowRule (Read)
workmail:DescribeResource (List)
workmail:DescribeSmtpGateway (Read)
workmail:DescribeUser (List)
workmail:GetAccessControlEffect (Read)
workmail:GetDefaultRetentionPolicy (Read)
workmail:GetImpersonationRole (Read)
workmail:GetImpersonationRoleEffect (Read)
workmail:GetJournalingRules (Read)
workmail:GetMailDomain (Read)
workmail:GetMailDomainDetails (Read)
workmail:GetMailboxDetails (Read)
workmail:GetMobileDeviceAccessEffect (Read)
workmail:GetMobileDeviceAccessOverride (Read)
workmail:GetMobileDeviceDetails (Read)
workmail:GetMobileDevicesForUser (Read)
workmail:GetMobilePolicyDetails (Read)
workmail:GetPersonalAccessTokenMetadata (Read)
workmail:ListAccessControlRules (Read)
workmail:ListAliases (List)
workmail:ListAvailabilityConfigurations (Read)
workmail:ListGroupMembers (List)
workmail:ListGroups (List)
workmail:ListGroupsForEntity (List)
workmail:ListImpersonationRoles (List)
workmail:ListInboundMailFlowRules (List)
workmail:ListMailDomains (List)
workmail:ListMailboxExportJobs (List)
workmail:ListMailboxPermissions (List)
workmail:ListMobileDeviceAccessOverrides (Read)
workmail:ListMobileDeviceAccessRules (Read)
workmail:ListOrganizations (List)
workmail:ListOutboundMailFlowRules (List)
workmail:ListPersonalAccessTokens (List)
workmail:ListResourceDelegates (List)
workmail:ListResources (List)
workmail:ListSmtpGateways (List)
workmail:ListTagsForResource (List)
workmail:ListUsers (List)
workmail:SearchMembers (Read)

Data-plane actions (1)

By access level: 1 Read.

Data-plane actions by service
Service	Granted	Access levels and limits	Granted by
CloudWatch	1 of 5	1 Read; 0 restricted, 0 conditional	cloudwatch:GetMetricData

CloudWatch: 1 actions

cloudwatch:GetMetricData (Read)

Excluded and conditional actions

No patterns are excluded by NotAction or Deny statements.

Resource scope and attachment

Resource scope across granted actions: all-resources.

Can be attached: Yes, to users, groups and roles.

Why this tier

Grants only List and Read actions.

Guidance

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Same service

Same domain

Frequently asked questions

Pending editorial review. The permission data on this page comes straight from AWS; this section will be filled in once a reviewed guide exists.

Policy JSON

Download policy.json

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Action": [
        "ses:Describe*",
        "ses:Get*",
        "workmail:Describe*",
        "workmail:Get*",
        "workmail:List*",
        "workmail:Search*",
        "lambda:ListFunctions",
        "iam:ListRoles",
        "logs:DescribeLogGroups",
        "cloudwatch:GetMetricData"
      ],
      "Resource": "*"
    }
  ]
}

Version history

Current version v4, edited by AWS on 2019-07-25. Version history is recorded from 2026-11-11. Earlier versions are in the IAM console under Policy versions.

Attach snippets

AWS CLI

aws iam attach-role-policy --role-name ROLE_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-user-policy --user-name USER_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess
aws iam attach-group-policy --group-name GROUP_NAME --policy-arn arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess

CloudFormation

Resources:
  ExampleRole:
    Type: AWS::IAM::Role
    Properties:
      AssumeRolePolicyDocument: {}  # replace with your trust policy
      ManagedPolicyArns:
        - arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess

Terraform

resource "aws_iam_role_policy_attachment" "amazonworkmailreadonlyaccess" {
  role       = aws_iam_role.example.name
  policy_arn = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess"
}

CDK (TypeScript)

role.addManagedPolicy(
  iam.ManagedPolicy.fromAwsManagedPolicyName("AmazonWorkMailReadOnlyAccess"),
);

Sources

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