Sending an email notification using PowerShell

Question

Hello.

I am running Windows Server 2019, and I am running the PowerShell script shown later in this posting. The particulars for Powershell are the following:

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5 1 17763 4974

The script that I am running is designed to notify me of changes to files within a particular directory. The code is shown below:

$folder = '\\localhost\c$\Output\Connection'

$filter = '*.*'

$destination = '\\localhost\c$\tmp'

$fsw = New-Object IO.FileSystemWatcher

$fsw.Path = $folder

$fsw.Filter = $filter

$fsw.IncludeSubdirectories = $true

$fsw.EnableRaisingEvents = $true

$fsw.NotifyFilter = [IO.NotifyFilters]'FileName, LastWrite'

$action = {

$path = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath

$name = $Event.SourceEventArgs.Name

$changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType

$timeStamp = $Event.TimeGenerated

Write-Host "The file '$name' was $changeType at $timeStamp"

Copy-Item $path -Destination $destination -Force -Verbose

}

$created = Register-ObjectEvent $fsw Created -Action $action

while ($true) {sleep 1}

Currently the script displays the change notifications on-screen. I want to have the script send me email notifications as well. What command(s) can I add to the script to accomplish this?

Answer 1

Replace the Write-Host with Send-MailMessage (and the necessary parameters, of course!).

Answer 2

Hi Kaplan, Andrew H,

Please refer to the examples in this document.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/send-mailmessage

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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