diff --git a/externals/amazon-ses/ses.php b/externals/amazon-ses/ses.php
--- a/externals/amazon-ses/ses.php
+++ b/externals/amazon-ses/ses.php
@@ -506,11 +506,28 @@
 
     $this->response->code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
     if ($this->response->code != 200) {
-      throw new SimpleEmailServiceException(
-        pht(
-          'Unexpected HTTP status while making request to Amazon SES: '.
-          'expected 200, got %s.',
-          $this->response->code));
+      if (isset($this->response->body)) {
+        $parsed_body = simplexml_load_string($this->response->body);
+        if ($parsed_body !== false and isset($parsed_body->Error)) {
+          $error = $parsed_body->Error;
+
+          throw new SimpleEmailServiceException(
+            pht(
+              'Error while making request to Amazon SES: '.
+              'Status code: %s. Amazon error info: '.
+              'Type: %s, Code: %s. Message: %s.',
+              $this->response->code,
+              $error->Type,
+              $error->Code,
+              $error->Message));
+        }
+      } else {
+        throw new SimpleEmailServiceException(
+          pht(
+            'Unexpected HTTP status while making request to Amazon SES: '.
+            'expected 200, got %s.',
+            $this->response->code));
+      }
     }
 
     @curl_close($curl);
@@ -518,22 +535,6 @@
     // Parse body into XML
     if ($this->response->error === false && isset($this->response->body)) {
       $this->response->body = simplexml_load_string($this->response->body);
-
-      // Grab SES errors
-      if (!in_array($this->response->code, array(200, 201, 202, 204))
-        && isset($this->response->body->Error)) {
-        $error = $this->response->body->Error;
-        $output = array();
-        $output['curl'] = false;
-        $output['Error'] = array();
-        $output['Error']['Type'] = (string)$error->Type;
-        $output['Error']['Code'] = (string)$error->Code;
-        $output['Error']['Message'] = (string)$error->Message;
-        $output['RequestId'] = (string)$this->response->body->RequestId;
-
-        $this->response->error = $output;
-        unset($this->response->body);
-      }
     }
 
     return $this->response;