How to send SMTP email with attachment using Powershell

Sending a mail through the internet is similar to the sending a letter. The major difference is that the mail delivered through the Internet is delivered instantly to the desired location. There are many methods of sending Emails. One can send the Email through the Standard Email client like google, yahoo etc. or you can use other email clients like MS Outlook etc.

Today I am going to discuss another method of sending the email using the Powershell. Powershell is one of the important scripting language which is used for task automation by the administrators. Using Powershell to send email with attachment is not a difficult job. Every system administrator should know the command to send email using Powershell. 

Parameters of Send-MailMessage command: -

Send-MailMessage is the Command that is used in the Powershell to send email with attachment. Parameters that can be used with the Send –MailMessage are shown bellow.

-To

   Enter the Email address to which you want to send mail.

-Cc string

   Enter the Email addresses that you would like to cc.

-Bcc

    Enter the Email addresses that you would like to bcc.

-From

   Email address from where mail is to be send.

-Subject

   Enter the subject of the email message.

-Body

   Type your message in the body section

-Attachments

    Provide full path of the File to be attached.

-BodyAsHtml

This parameter indicates that the body contains the HYML Part.

-Credential PSCredential

   An account that has permission to send the email. The default is the current user.

-DeliveryNotificationOption

   The parameter is used to know the delivery status of the email.

          None – (Default) Indicates No notification.

          OnSuccess – Indicates that the email has been delivered successfully.

          OnFailure – Indicates that the email has not been delivered

          Delay – It will notify if the delivery is delayed.

          Never – It will not give any delivery notification.

-Encoding 

   Encoding technique that is used for the body and the Subject.

-Priority 

   With thehelp  you can Provide the priority to the email message. Valid values: Low, Normal (default), High

-SMTP Server

   Enter name of the Server in it.

-UseSsl

    SSL stands for Secured Soket Layer. Use the SSL protocol to establish a connection to the SMTP server to send email.

Syntax of Powershell to send email with attachment: -

Send-MailMessage  -To “Enter the recipient Email Address”  -To”Enter more email address if you require” –cc ”Enter Email address that you would like to CC” – bcc ”Enter Email Address that you like to Bcc”  –From “Enter the Sender’s Email address” –Subject “Enter the Subject” –Body “ Type your message” –Attachment  $Enter the path of the file  –SmtpServer abc.domainname.com

Conclusion: -

The method of using Powershell to send email with attachment explained in the post will help you a lot. If you are unable to send Mail using the Powershell please comment with the error that you are getting we will sort out your query as soon as possible.