Send mail from a Windows script

Question

I would like to send mail from a script on a Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition. I think the server setup is pretty much out of the box.

The mail server is an Exch

Answer 1

If you have outlook/exchange installed you should be able to use CDONTs, just create a mail.vbs file and call it in a batch file like so (amusing they are in the same dir)

wscript mail.vbs

for the VBScript code check out

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197920

http://www.w3schools.com/asp/asp_send_email.asp

forget the fact they the two links speak about ASP, it should work fine as a stand alone script with out iis.

Answer 2

Use CDONTS with Windows Scripting Host (WScript)

Answer 3

Is there a way you send without referencing the outside schema urls. http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/

That is highly useless as it can't be assumed all boxes will have outside internet access to send mail internally on the local exchange. Is there a way to save the info from those urls locally?

Answer 4

I think that you'll have to install some ActiveX or other component what could be invoked from WScript, such as: http://www.activexperts.com/ActivEmail/ and: http://www.emailarchitect.net/webapp/SMTPCOM/developers/scripting.asp

Otherwise, you'll have to write the entire SMTP logic (if possible, not sure) in WScript all on your own.

Answer 5

I don't know if dropping a binary alongside the .bat file counts as installing software, but, if not, you can use blat to do this.

Answer 6

It is possible with Wscript, using CDO:

Dim objMail

Set objMail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")

objMail.From = "Me <Me@Server.com>"
objMail.To = "You <You@AnotherServer.com>"
objMail.Subject = "That's a mail"
objMail.Textbody = "Hello World"
objMail.AddAttachment "C:\someFile.ext"

---8<----- You don't need this part if you have an active Outlook [Express] account -----
' Use an SMTP server
objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2

' Name or IP of Remote SMTP Server
objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = _
    "smtp.server.com"

' Server port (typically 25)
objMail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25

objMail.Configuration.Fields.Update
----- End of SMTP usage ----->8---

objMail.Send

Set objMail=Nothing
Wscript.Quit

Update: found more info there: VBScript To Send Email Using CDO By default it seems it uses Outlook [Express], so it didn't worked on my computer but you can use a given SMTP server, which worked fine for me.