How to send email with PowerShell

Question

I\'d like to send email from PowerShell, so I use this command:

$EmailFrom = \"customer@yahoo.com\"
$EmailTo = \"receiver@ymail.com\"  
$Subject = \"today da         


        

Answer 1

You can simply use the Gmail smtp.

Following is The powershell code to send a gmail message with an Attachment:

    $Message = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage 
    $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", 587) 
    $smtp.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("From@gmail.com", "password"); 
    $smtp.EnableSsl = $true 
    $smtp.Timeout = 400000  
    $Message.From = "From@gmail.com" 
    $Message.To.Add("To@gmail.com") 
    $Message.Attachments.Add("C:\foo\attach.txt") 
    $smtp.Send($Message)

On the sender Google Account (From@gmail.com),

Make sure you have Turned ON Access for less-secure apps option, from google Account Security Dashboard.

Finally, Save this Script As mail.ps1

To invoke the above Script Simple run below on Command Prompt or batch file:

    Powershell.exe -executionpolicy remotesigned -File mail.ps1

By Default, For sending Large Attachments Timeout is Around 100 seconds or so. In this script, it is increased to Around 5 or 6 minutes

Answer 2

Sometimes you may need to set the EnableSsl to false (in this case the message will be sent unencrypted over the network)

Answer 3

I use this:

Send-MailMessage -To hi@abc.com -from hi2@abc.com -Subject 'hi' -SmtpServer 10.1.1.1

Answer 4

Following code snippet really works for me:

$Username = "MyUserName";
$Password = "MyPassword";
$path = "C:\attachment.txt";

function Send-ToEmail([string]$email, [string]$attachmentpath){

    $message = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage;
    $message.From = "YourName@gmail.com";
    $message.To.Add($email);
    $message.Subject = "subject text here...";
    $message.Body = "body text here...";
    $attachment = New-Object Net.Mail.Attachment($attachmentpath);
    $message.Attachments.Add($attachment);

    $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.gmail.com", "587");
    $smtp.EnableSSL = $true;
    $smtp.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password);
    $smtp.send($message);
    write-host "Mail Sent" ; 
    $attachment.Dispose();
 }
Send-ToEmail  -email "reciever@gmail.com" -attachmentpath $path;