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

$EmailFrom = "[email protected]" $EmailTo = "[email protected]" $Subject = "today date" $Body = "TODAY SYSTEM DATE=01/04/2016 SYSTEM TIME=11:32:05.50" $SMTPServer = "smtp.mail.yahoo.com" $SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587) $SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true $SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("[email protected]", "password") $SMTPClient.Send($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $Subject, $Body)

This command didn't work for Yahoo mail or Outlook mail, but works for my Gmail. Is there anything wrong that I have done?

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    Any reason not to use Send-MailMessage? Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 12:03
  • I am just learning PS, i didnt know that command is exist Commented Apr 1, 2016 at 14:53
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    Just want to note that Send-MailMessage is now deprecated. Commented Jan 11, 2022 at 13:40

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The following code snippet for sending SMTP e-mail through Gmail 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 = "[email protected]"; $message.To.Add($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 "[email protected]" -attachmentpath $path;
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By the way, you need to allow access for less secure apps in your gmail account settings. It works with gmail at least.
Hi, Im trying to use Sean's solution in a email.ps1 file and running it from the command line with this PowerShell.exe -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass C:\email.ps1 but I keep getting an error about authentication. I'm using the correct password, for the username I tried my gmail user name with @gmail.com and without. Hope you can help
How do I add more than 1 attachment?
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I use this:

Send-MailMessage -To [email protected] -from [email protected] -Subject 'hi' -SmtpServer 10.1.1.1
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How could you set a specific time for it , example using the code above - send an email at 4:00 pm for example
FYI this command is obsolete because it cannot guarantee secure connections. See this page for more information: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/…
Thank you. Although Send-MailMessage is obsolete, i still run it in Windows 10. This is the command I used to send from an outlook email to another. Send-MailMessage -To [email protected] -from [email protected] -Subject 'hi' -SmtpServer smtp.office365.com -UseSsl -Credential MyWindowLoginAccount
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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("[email protected]", "password"); $smtp.EnableSsl = $true $smtp.Timeout = 400000 $Message.From = "[email protected]" $Message.To.Add("[email protected]") $Message.Attachments.Add("C:\foo\attach.txt") $smtp.Send($Message)

On the sender Google Account ([email protected]),

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

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how is this more secure than Send-MailMessage?
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Sometimes you may need to set the EnableSsl to false (in this case the message will be sent unencrypted over the network)

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the parameter does note exist
Well it worked for me. That's why I wrote this. If none of these solutions work for you find another article.
Context is everything, for this is a valid answer, as shown here: SMTPClient Failure During Send Concerning Arguments.

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