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Small doc tweaks from Naman #7

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## Generating (and handling) a valid SAML Response

As described in the README for Custom AWS IDP, there was a lot of difficulty
generating a valid, signed SAML Response which AWS could consume. As well,
getting it all pieced together correctly took learning new things.
generating a valid, signed SAML Response which AWS could consume. Also, getting
it all pieced together correctly took learning new things.

It turns out that SAML-based SSO seems to lean heavily on browsers to do a lot
of correct handling and redirecting. This happens after the SAML Response is
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## Setting up emails

We wanted to set up Cognito's *Messaging* configuration so that users would be
able to get an invitation-email with their first (temporary) password and also
able to get an invitation email with their first (temporary) password and also
so that users could receive emails to help for forgotten-password resets. As it
turned out, this was much harder than it seemed, requiring enough understanding
of email security and the AWS Email Service (SES) to get to the point where
emails could at least reach their destination without being bounced or dropped,
even though under V1, emails still end up in state junk folders.
of email security and the Simple Email Service to get to the point where emails
could at least reach their destination without being bounced or dropped, even
though under V1, emails still end up in state junk folders.

### DMARC = DKIM + SPF

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