Send email from powershell command line with credentials

Question

I am trying to send an email from my gmail ccoiunt in just one single line using windows 8 and powersell. This is the code I use:

Send-MailMessage -smtpServer 'smtp.gmail.com' -port 587 -from '[email protected]' -to '[email protected]' -subject 'Test' -body 'Body' –UseSsl

But I don't know how to add the credentials. How can I add username and password to this single code line? (there is no need to encrypt the password).

Thanks

possible duplicate of How to pass credentials to the Send-MailMessage command for sending emails — Ansgar Wiechers
– Ansgar Wiechers, Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 9:38
It is not a duplicate because "-credential $mycredentials" doesn't have the credentials in just a single code line. I don't know how to add username and password to that "-credential" command — Ton
– Ton, Commented Jul 10, 2013 at 14:56

Tom · Accepted Answer · 2018-12-07 21:14:29Z

Send-MailMessage -smtpServer 'smtp.gmail.com' -port 587 -from '[email protected]' -to '[email protected]' -subject 'Test' -body 'Body' –UseSsl -Credential (New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList "myUsername", (ConvertTo-SecureString -String "myPassword" -AsPlainText -Force))

Need a comma between "myUserName" and (ConvertTo-Secure -String "myPassword" -AsPlainText -Force)) since it is an ArgumentList
@quasar Good eye, thanks for catching it. I've edited it accordingly.

udit043 · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-07 05:55:11Z

 $EmailTo = "[email protected]" // [email protected] $EmailFrom = "[email protected]" //[email protected] $Subject = "zx" //subject $Body = "Test Body" //body of message $SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com" $filenameAndPath = "G:\abc.jpg" //attachment $SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom,$EmailTo,$Subject,$Body) $attachment = New-Object System.Net.Mail.Attachment($filenameAndPath) $SMTPMessage.Attachments.Add($attachment) $SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587) $SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true $SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "xxxxxxxx"); // xxxxxx-password $SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)

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