I'm still a bit new to PowerShell and this may be so easy that this is why I can't find examples. If the script I have fails to complete successfully I want an email sent to our group alerting that it failed.  The script runs on a Windows Server 2003.  We use Exchange Server 2007.  Is there an example of some code and cmdlets that will do the job?  I just want to send an email, but what I've seen in the forums has more to do with Exchange Server management.  I did see one example using Outlook, but this is a server and Outlook was never setup.

Thanks very much!

Look at Send-MailMessage



Karl

Ha ha! I think I went a bit overboard...

I tried Send-MailMessage, but couldn't figure out how to get it to work with Exchange Server.

You just need to know the name of your smtp server


Try your exchange server fqdn for mail.domain.com

Karl

Posted By Marco Shaw (MVP) on 03 Oct 2011 11:02 AM
Ha ha! I think I went a bit overboard...

I was wondering if you saw a requirement that I missed ;)

Karl

Karl, when I try your suggestion (using my exchange server and email address after -To, I get the following error:

Send-MailMessage : Unable to connect to the remote server
At C:\Scripts\SendMailMessage-simple.ps1:1 char:17
+ Send-MailMessage <<<< -To blundquist@scottrade.com -From blundquist@scottrade.com -Subject "Hello!" -Body "This is a
test" -SmtpServer XXXXXXX.scottrade.com
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient:SmtpClient) [Send-MailMessage], SmtpExcept
ion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SmtpException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage

I know the name of the exchange server. So why does it say it's unable to connect?

Try mail.scottrade.com or smtp.scottrade.com, or ask one of the Exchange administrators for the name of the SMTP server :)

Karl

Make sure you have a connector that works with SMTP TCP/25 before trying to use PowerShell. If you're not sure, and you aren't the Exchange administrator, try the steps outlined here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/153119

I've got it to work. I contacted the messaging admin, got the correct name of the smtp server and put it altogether in Send-MailMessage. It was successful. This is a huge blow for freedom! Thank you guys very much.

Glad to help :)