Send-MailMessage

Applies To: Windows PowerShell 2.0

Sends an e-mail message.

Send-MailMessage [-To] <string[]> [-Subject] <string> [[-Body] <string>] [[-SmtpServer] <string>] -From <string> [-Attachments <string[]>] [-Bcc <string[]>] [-BodyAsHtml] [-Cc <string[]>] [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-DeliveryNotificationOption {<None> | <OnSuccess> | <OnFailure> | <Delay> | <Never>}] [-Encoding <Encoding>] [-Priority {<Normal> | <Low> | <High>}] [-UseSsl] [<CommonParameters>]

The Send-MailMessage cmdlet sends an e-mail message from within Windows PowerShell.

Specifies the path and file names of files to be attached to the e-mail message. You can use this parameter or pipe the paths and file names to Send-MailMessage.

Specifies the e-mail addresses that receive a copy of the mail but are not listed as recipients of the message. Enter names (optional) and the e-mail address, such as "Name <someone@example.com>".

Specifies the body (content) of the e-mail message.

Indicates that the value of the Body parameter contains HTML.

Specifies the e-mail addresses to which a carbon copy (CC) of the e-mail message is sent. Enter names (optional) and the e-mail address, such as "Name <someone@example.com>".

Specifies a user account that has permission to perform this action. The default is the current user.

Type a user name, such as "User01" or "Domain01\User01". Or, enter a PSCredential object, such as one from the Get-Credential cmdlet.

Specifies the delivery notification options for the e-mail message. You can specify multiple values. "None" is the default value. The alias for this parameter is "dno".

The delivery notifications are sent in an e-mail message to the address specified in the value of the To parameter.

Valid values are:

-- None: No notification.

-- OnSuccess: Notify if the delivery is successful.

-- OnFailure: Notify if the delivery is unsuccessful.

-- Delay: Notify if the delivery is delayed.

-- Never: Never notify.

Specifies the encoding used for the body and subject. Valid values are ASCII, UTF8, UTF7, UTF32, Unicode, BigEndianUnicode, Default, and OEM. ASCII is the default.

Specifies the address from which the mail is sent. Enter a name (optional) and e-mail address, such as "Name <someone@example.com>". This parameter is required.

Specifies the priority of the e-mail message. The valid values for this are Normal, High, and Low. Normal is the default.

Specifies the name of the SMTP server that sends the e-mail message.

The default value is the value of the $PSEmailServer preference variable. If the preference variable is not set and this parameter is omitted, the command fails.

Specifies the subject of the e-mail message. This parameter is required.

Specifies the addresses to which the mail is sent. Enter names (optional) and the e-mail address, such as "Name <someone@example.com>". This parameter is required.

Uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to establish a connection to the remote computer to send mail. By default, SSL is not used.

This command supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, OutBuffer, OutVariable, WarningAction, and WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet. The return type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet returns.

C:\PS>send-mailmessage -to "User01 <user01@example.com>" -from "User02 <user02@example.com>" -subject "Test mail"

Description
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This command sends an e-mail message from User01 to User02. 

The mail message has a subject, which is required, but it does not have a body, which is optional. Also, because the SmtpServer parameter is not specified, Send-MailMessage uses the value of the $PSEmailServer preference variable for the SMTP server.

C:\PS>send-mailmessage -from "User01 <user01@example.com>" -to "User02 <user02@example.com>", "User03 <user03@example.com>" -subject "Sending the Attachment" -body "Forgot to send the attachment. Sending now." -Attachments "data.csv" -priority High -dno onSuccess, onFailure -smtpServer smtp.fabrikam.com

Description
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This command sends an e-mail message with an attachment from User01 to two other users. 

It specifies a priority value of "High" and requests a delivery notification by e-mail when the e-mail messages are delivered or when they fail.

C:\PS>send-mailmessage -to "User01 <user01@example.com>" -from "ITGroup <itdept@example.com>" -cc "User02 <user02@example.com>" -bcc "ITMgr <itmgr@example.com>" -subject "Don't forget today's meeting!" -credential domain01\admin01 -useSSL

Description
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This command sends an e-mail message from User01 to the ITGroup mailing list with a copy (CC) to User02 and a blind carbon copy (BCC) to the IT manager (ITMgr).

The command uses the credentials of a domain administrator and the UseSSL parameter.