Sending email from script

Question

I would like to write a simple script to send an email from powershell. This script will eventually be ran as a task scheduler. We are in exchange online environment in a hybrid environment.

Answer 1

Hi @AMITGUY ,

Agree with Andreas that you can try using Send-MailMessage. Below is a sample script for reference:

Note that you'll need to enable SMTP AUTH in your tenant up front for this to work.

$username = "******@domain.com"
$password = "userpassword"
$sstr = ConvertTo-SecureString -string $password -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $username, $sstr
$body = "This is a test email"
Send-MailMessage -To "******@contoso.com" -From "******@domain.com" -Subject 'Test message' -Body $body -BodyAsHtml -smtpserver smtp.office365.com -usessl -Credential $cred -Port 587

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Answer 2

Hi @Adamster2 ,

you can give Send-MailMessage a try:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/send-mailmessage?view=powershell-5.1

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Regards

Andreas Baumgarten