PowerShell/Docs/send-email.md

send-email.ps1

This PowerShell script sends an email message.

Parameters

PS> ./send-email.ps1 [[-From] <String>] [[-To] <String>] [[-Subject] <String>] [[-Body] <String>] [[-SMTPServer] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-From <String>
    Specifies the sender email address
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-To <String>
    Specifies the recipient email address
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    2
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Subject <String>
    Specifies the subject line
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    3
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-Body <String>
    Specifies the body message
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    4
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

-SMTPServer <String>
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    5
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./send-email

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Sends an email message
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script sends an email message.
.PARAMETER From
	Specifies the sender email address
.PARAMETER To
	Specifies the recipient email address
.PARAMETER Subject
	Specifies the subject line
.PARAMETER Body
	Specifies the body message
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./send-email
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$From = "", [string]$To = "", [string]$Subject = "", [string]$Body = "", [string]$SMTPServer = "")

try {
	if ($From -eq "") {    $From = Read-Host "Enter sender email address" }
	if ($To -eq "") {      $To = Read-Host "Enter recipient email address" }
	if ($Subject -eq "") { $Subject = Read-Host "Enter subject line" }
	if ($Body -eq "") {    $Body = Read-Host "Enter body message" }
	if ($SMTPServer -eq "") { $SMTPServer = Read-Host "Enter SMTP server" }

	$msg = New-Object Net.Mail.MailMessage
	$smtp = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
	$msg.From = $From
	$msg.ReplyTo = $From
	$msg.To.Add($To)
	$msg.subject = $Subject
	$msg.body = $Body
	$smtp.Send($msg)
	"✔️  Message sent."
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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