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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def open(self):
 """Create a connection to the AWS API server. This can be reused for sending multiple emails. """

        if self.connection:
            return False

        try:
            self.connection = SESConnection(
                aws_access_key_id=self._access_key_id,
                aws_secret_access_key=self._access_key,
                region=self._region,
                proxy=self._proxy,
                proxy_port=self._proxy_port,
                proxy_user=self._proxy_user,
                proxy_pass=self._proxy_pass,
            )
        except Exception:
            if not self.fail_silently:
                raise