I would like to ask for advise why this script is asking me for credentials.
After running the script, a powershell window opens and another window asking for login and password. After I give this login and password it works (mail is sent) but I want it to work automatically.
Here is the code:
$pw = Get-Content C:\path\passwordfile.txt
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential "mymail", $pw
Send-MailMessage -from "Test <mymail>" -to "recipient <recipientmail>" -Subject "Script Test" -body "Script Test" -priority high -smtpserver poczta.o2.pl -credential $cred
SmtpServer=mysmtpadress
SmtpPort=465
The PSCredential constructor accepts the username as a string, but expects the password to be a SecureString:
$pw = Get-Content C:\path\passwordfile.txt | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force
Related
I am in the process of automating a piece of our user creation. I am trying to automate an email notification. When I pull the list of names from the CSV through PowerShell, It prompts every time for the username and password, even though I have it in the code. Is there a way around this? Code below.
$FromEmail = ""
$SmtpServer = "smtp.office365.com"
$Port = 587
$Password = ""
$SecurePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $Password -AsPlainText -Force
# Create Credential Object
$Credentials = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($FromEmail, $SecurePassword)
foreach($row in $CsvData)
{
$ToEmail = "$($row."Manager Email")"
$Subject = "New User Created"
$Body = "<html><body>
<h2>Attention $($row.Manager),</h2>
<div>The following user has been created in the IT systems. </div>
<div>User: $($row."EE FIRST NAME") $($row."EE LAST NAME")</div>
<div>Title: $($row."Title")</div>
<div>Employee ID: $($row."EE ID")</div>
<div>Email: $($row."Email")</div>
<p>useful info</p>
<p>some more useful info</p>
<p>Thank you,</p>
<p>IT</p>"
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = 'TLS12'
Send-MailMessage -From $FromEmail -To $ToEmail -SmtpServer $SmtpServer -UseSsl -Port $Port -Credential $Credential -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -BodyAsHtml
} ```
I have written a script that utilizes try catch to install software on a remote computer using PowerShell.
The script tries to install the software and if successfully is supposed to send an email to the user advising of completion. All works as I had expected except for the send email section.
I am using the following simple snippet to carry out the sending of the email:
$username = "someone#example.com"
$password = "*****"
$sstr = ConvertTo-SecureString -string $password -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $username, $sstr
$body = "Update installed successfully"
$searcher = [adsisearcher]"(samaccountname=$env:USERNAME)"
$name = $searcher.FindOne().Properties.mail
Send-MailMessage -To $name, "someone#example.com" -From "someone#example.com" -Subject 'Test message' -Body $body -BodyAsHtml -smtpserver smtp.office365.com -usessl -Credential $cred -Port 587
However, as I am running the script as myself (for elevated privilege's) on the remote computer the following part of the script is returning my email address and not the end users and therefore sending the email to myself and not the end user:
$searcher = [adsisearcher]"(samaccountname=$env:USERNAME)"
$name = $searcher.FindOne().Properties.mail
Example
echo $name
myemail#example.com
Any suggestions on how I can return the name of the user I am installing the software on instead of my own?
Thanks in advance.
I'm having difficulty passing my credentials to the Send-MailMessage command
This is what I am running:
Send-MailMessage -smtpServer smtp.gmail.com -from 'myself#gmail.com' `
-to 'myself#gmail.com' -subject 'Test' -attachment C:\CDF.pdf
it errors with below the message which is obviously because I have not passed my gmail credentials
Send-MailMessage : The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not
authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first.
I googled a bit and also went through the man page of Send-MailMessage and found that the "-credential" parameter needs to be passed.
My issue is: HOW ?
I tried with Get-Credentials as below:
$mycredentials = Get-Credential
Then entered my usrname and password for gmail in the box that pops up.
then I run below command:
Send-MailMessage -smtpServer smtp.gmail.com -credentail $mycredentials `
-from 'myself#gmail.com' -to 'myself#gmail.com' -subject 'Test' -attachment C:\CDF.pdf
and still it fails with the exact same error.
So I need help from you guys on how do I pass my Credentials to the Send-MailMessage command. I learned about PScredentials but not exactly sure what it is and how to use it in this context.
I found this blog site: Adam Kahtava
I also found this question: send-mail-via-gmail-with-powershell-v2s-send-mailmessage
The problem is, neither of them addressed both your needs (Attachment with a password), so I did some combination of the two and came up with this:
$EmailTo = "myself#gmail.com"
$EmailFrom = "me#mydomain.com"
$Subject = "Test"
$Body = "Test Body"
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
$filenameAndPath = "C:\CDF.pdf"
$SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom,$EmailTo,$Subject,$Body)
$attachment = New-Object System.Net.Mail.Attachment($filenameAndPath)
$SMTPMessage.Attachments.Add($attachment)
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password");
$SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)
Since I love to make functions for things, and I need all the practice I can get, I went ahead and wrote this:
Function Send-EMail {
Param (
[Parameter(`
Mandatory=$true)]
[String]$EmailTo,
[Parameter(`
Mandatory=$true)]
[String]$Subject,
[Parameter(`
Mandatory=$true)]
[String]$Body,
[Parameter(`
Mandatory=$true)]
[String]$EmailFrom="myself#gmail.com", #This gives a default value to the $EmailFrom command
[Parameter(`
mandatory=$false)]
[String]$attachment,
[Parameter(`
mandatory=$true)]
[String]$Password
)
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
$SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom,$EmailTo,$Subject,$Body)
if ($attachment -ne $null) {
$SMTPattachment = New-Object System.Net.Mail.Attachment($attachment)
$SMTPMessage.Attachments.Add($SMTPattachment)
}
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($EmailFrom.Split("#")[0], $Password);
$SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)
Remove-Variable -Name SMTPClient
Remove-Variable -Name Password
} #End Function Send-EMail
To call it, just use this command:
Send-EMail -EmailTo "Myself#gmail.com" -Body "Test Body" -Subject "Test Subject" -attachment "C:\cdf.pdf" -password "Passowrd"
I know it's not secure putting the password in plainly like that. I'll see if I can come up with something more secure and update later, but at least this should get you what you need to get started. Have a great week!
Edit: Added $EmailFrom based on JuanPablo's comment
Edit: SMTP was spelled STMP in the attachments.
And here is a simple Send-MailMessage example with username/password for anyone looking for just that
$secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString "PlainTextPassword" -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("username", $secpasswd)
Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer mysmptp -Credential $cred -UseSsl -From 'sender#gmail.com' -To 'recipient#gmail.com' -Subject 'TEST'
It took me a while to combine everything, make it a bit secure, and have it work with Gmail. I hope this answer saves someone some time.
Create a file with the encrypted server password:
In Powershell, enter the following command (replace myPassword with your actual password):
"myPassword" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File "C:\EmailPassword.txt"
Create a powershell script (Ex. sendEmail.ps1):
$User = "usernameForEmailPassword#gmail.com"
$File = "C:\EmailPassword.txt"
$cred=New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User, (Get-Content $File | ConvertTo-SecureString)
$EmailTo = "emailTo#yahoo.com"
$EmailFrom = "emailFrom#gmail.com"
$Subject = "Email Subject"
$Body = "Email body text"
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
$filenameAndPath = "C:\fileIwantToSend.csv"
$SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom,$EmailTo,$Subject,$Body)
$attachment = New-Object System.Net.Mail.Attachment($filenameAndPath)
$SMTPMessage.Attachments.Add($attachment)
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($cred.UserName, $cred.Password);
$SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)
Automate with Task Scheduler:
Create a batch file (Ex. emailFile.bat) with the following:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File C:\sendEmail.ps1
Create a task to run the batch file. Note: you must have the task run with the same user account that you used to encrypted the password! (Aka, probably the logged in user)
That's all; you now have a way to automate and schedule sending an email and an attachment with Windows Task Scheduler and Powershell. No 3rd party software and the password is not stored as plain text (though granted, not terribly secure either).
You can also read this article on the level of security this provides for your email password.
PSH> $cred = Get-Credential
PSH> $cred | Export-CliXml c:\temp\cred.clixml
PSH> $cred2 = Import-CliXml c:\temp\cred.clixml
That hashes it against your SID and the machine's SID, so the file is useless on any other machine, or in anyone else's hands.
So..it was SSL problem. Whatever I was doing was absolutely correct. Only that I was not using the ssl option. So I added "-Usessl true" to my original command and it worked.
in addition to UseSsl, you have to include smtp port 587 to make it work.
Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer smtp.gmail.com -Port 587 -Credential $credential -UseSsl -From 'yyy#gmail.com' -To 'xxx#email.com' -Subject 'TEST'
Along with the other answers i would like to point out that if you have two factor authentication, you will need to create an application password on your google account.
For the detailed explanations : https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
I am trying to send an e-mail through Powershell. I can send e-mails to one recipient without a problem using the code below. However, when I add a second recipient to the $EmailTo variable, I do not get the e-mail. I do not get any errors either. I did some research and it appears that the SMTP Client way of sending e-mails does not take multiple recipients.
$EmailFrom = "sender#email.com"
$EmailTo = "recipient1#email.com"
$EmailBody = "Test Body"
$EmailSubject = "Test Subject"
$Username = "carlos#email.com"
$Password = "12345"
$Message = New-Object Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $EmailSubject, $EmailBody)
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.com", 123) #Port can be changed
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password);
$SMTPClient.Send($Message)
I tried with the Send-MailMessage command but it is giving me issues.
Send-MailMessage -from $EmailFrom -to $EmailTo -Subject $EmailSubject `
-smtpserver smtp.com -usessl `
-credential (new-object System.NetworkCredential("$Username","$Password"))
The error I get with this is
Cannot find type [System.NetworkCredential]...
Any ideas on what the best way to send emails to multiple recipients with authentication would be?
Make sure you separate your $EmailTo address list with commas and don't pass as an array. i.e:
Do this:
$EmailTo = "recipient1#email.com,recipient2#email.com"
Don't do this:
$EmailTo = "recipient1#email.com","recipient2#email.com"
or this:
$EmailTo = "recipient1#email.com;recipient2#email.com"
That last one would throw the following exception which you'd easily notice:
New-Object : Exception calling ".ctor" with "4" argument(s): "The specified string is not in the form required for an e-mail address."
The class name is System.Net.NetworkCredential, not System.NetworkCredential.
Change this:
Send-MailMessage -from $EmailFrom -to $EmailTo -Subject $EmailSubject `
-smtpserver smtp.com -usessl `
-credential (new-object System.NetworkCredential("$Username","$Password"))
into this:
Send-MailMessage -From $EmailFrom -To $EmailTo -Subject $EmailSubject `
-SmtpServer smtp.com -UseSsl `
-Credential (New-Object Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password))
and the problem should disappear.
I'm having difficulty passing my credentials to the Send-MailMessage command
This is what I am running:
Send-MailMessage -smtpServer smtp.gmail.com -from 'myself#gmail.com' `
-to 'myself#gmail.com' -subject 'Test' -attachment C:\CDF.pdf
it errors with below the message which is obviously because I have not passed my gmail credentials
Send-MailMessage : The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not
authenticated. The server response was: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first.
I googled a bit and also went through the man page of Send-MailMessage and found that the "-credential" parameter needs to be passed.
My issue is: HOW ?
I tried with Get-Credentials as below:
$mycredentials = Get-Credential
Then entered my usrname and password for gmail in the box that pops up.
then I run below command:
Send-MailMessage -smtpServer smtp.gmail.com -credentail $mycredentials `
-from 'myself#gmail.com' -to 'myself#gmail.com' -subject 'Test' -attachment C:\CDF.pdf
and still it fails with the exact same error.
So I need help from you guys on how do I pass my Credentials to the Send-MailMessage command. I learned about PScredentials but not exactly sure what it is and how to use it in this context.
I found this blog site: Adam Kahtava
I also found this question: send-mail-via-gmail-with-powershell-v2s-send-mailmessage
The problem is, neither of them addressed both your needs (Attachment with a password), so I did some combination of the two and came up with this:
$EmailTo = "myself#gmail.com"
$EmailFrom = "me#mydomain.com"
$Subject = "Test"
$Body = "Test Body"
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
$filenameAndPath = "C:\CDF.pdf"
$SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom,$EmailTo,$Subject,$Body)
$attachment = New-Object System.Net.Mail.Attachment($filenameAndPath)
$SMTPMessage.Attachments.Add($attachment)
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("username", "password");
$SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)
Since I love to make functions for things, and I need all the practice I can get, I went ahead and wrote this:
Function Send-EMail {
Param (
[Parameter(`
Mandatory=$true)]
[String]$EmailTo,
[Parameter(`
Mandatory=$true)]
[String]$Subject,
[Parameter(`
Mandatory=$true)]
[String]$Body,
[Parameter(`
Mandatory=$true)]
[String]$EmailFrom="myself#gmail.com", #This gives a default value to the $EmailFrom command
[Parameter(`
mandatory=$false)]
[String]$attachment,
[Parameter(`
mandatory=$true)]
[String]$Password
)
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
$SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom,$EmailTo,$Subject,$Body)
if ($attachment -ne $null) {
$SMTPattachment = New-Object System.Net.Mail.Attachment($attachment)
$SMTPMessage.Attachments.Add($SMTPattachment)
}
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($EmailFrom.Split("#")[0], $Password);
$SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)
Remove-Variable -Name SMTPClient
Remove-Variable -Name Password
} #End Function Send-EMail
To call it, just use this command:
Send-EMail -EmailTo "Myself#gmail.com" -Body "Test Body" -Subject "Test Subject" -attachment "C:\cdf.pdf" -password "Passowrd"
I know it's not secure putting the password in plainly like that. I'll see if I can come up with something more secure and update later, but at least this should get you what you need to get started. Have a great week!
Edit: Added $EmailFrom based on JuanPablo's comment
Edit: SMTP was spelled STMP in the attachments.
And here is a simple Send-MailMessage example with username/password for anyone looking for just that
$secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString "PlainTextPassword" -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("username", $secpasswd)
Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer mysmptp -Credential $cred -UseSsl -From 'sender#gmail.com' -To 'recipient#gmail.com' -Subject 'TEST'
It took me a while to combine everything, make it a bit secure, and have it work with Gmail. I hope this answer saves someone some time.
Create a file with the encrypted server password:
In Powershell, enter the following command (replace myPassword with your actual password):
"myPassword" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Out-File "C:\EmailPassword.txt"
Create a powershell script (Ex. sendEmail.ps1):
$User = "usernameForEmailPassword#gmail.com"
$File = "C:\EmailPassword.txt"
$cred=New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $User, (Get-Content $File | ConvertTo-SecureString)
$EmailTo = "emailTo#yahoo.com"
$EmailFrom = "emailFrom#gmail.com"
$Subject = "Email Subject"
$Body = "Email body text"
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
$filenameAndPath = "C:\fileIwantToSend.csv"
$SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom,$EmailTo,$Subject,$Body)
$attachment = New-Object System.Net.Mail.Attachment($filenameAndPath)
$SMTPMessage.Attachments.Add($attachment)
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 587)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($cred.UserName, $cred.Password);
$SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)
Automate with Task Scheduler:
Create a batch file (Ex. emailFile.bat) with the following:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -File C:\sendEmail.ps1
Create a task to run the batch file. Note: you must have the task run with the same user account that you used to encrypted the password! (Aka, probably the logged in user)
That's all; you now have a way to automate and schedule sending an email and an attachment with Windows Task Scheduler and Powershell. No 3rd party software and the password is not stored as plain text (though granted, not terribly secure either).
You can also read this article on the level of security this provides for your email password.
PSH> $cred = Get-Credential
PSH> $cred | Export-CliXml c:\temp\cred.clixml
PSH> $cred2 = Import-CliXml c:\temp\cred.clixml
That hashes it against your SID and the machine's SID, so the file is useless on any other machine, or in anyone else's hands.
So..it was SSL problem. Whatever I was doing was absolutely correct. Only that I was not using the ssl option. So I added "-Usessl true" to my original command and it worked.
in addition to UseSsl, you have to include smtp port 587 to make it work.
Send-MailMessage -SmtpServer smtp.gmail.com -Port 587 -Credential $credential -UseSsl -From 'yyy#gmail.com' -To 'xxx#email.com' -Subject 'TEST'
Along with the other answers i would like to point out that if you have two factor authentication, you will need to create an application password on your google account.
For the detailed explanations : https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833