How to send a simple email from a Windows batch file?

Question

I\'m running Windows 2003 Service Pack 2. I have a batch file that runs on demand. I want to have an email sent every time the batch file runs. The email is simple, just a s

Answer 1

If PowerShell is available, the Send-MailMessage commandlet is a single one-line command that could easily be called from a batch file to handle email notifications. Below is a sample of the line you would include in your batch file to call the PowerShell script (the %xVariable% is a variable you might want to pass from your batch file to the PowerShell script):

--[BATCH FILE]--

:: ...your code here...
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe  -windowstyle hidden -command C:\MyScripts\EmailScript.ps1 %xVariable%

Below is an example of what you might include in your PowerShell script (you must include the PARAM line as the first non-remark line in your script if you included passing the %xVariable% from your batch file:

--[POWERSHELL SCRIPT]--

Param([String]$xVariable)
# ...your code here...
$smtp = "smtp.[emaildomain].com"
$to = "[Send to email address]"
$from = "[From email address]" 
$subject = "[Subject]" 
$body = "[Text you want to include----the 
 is a line feed: 
 
]"    
$body += "[This could be a second line of text]" + "
 "

$attachment="[file name if you would like to include an attachment]"
send-MailMessage -SmtpServer $smtp -To $to -From $from -Subject $subject -Body $body -BodyAsHtml -Attachment $attachment -Priority high