Script to start service if not running then email results - email

Question

I need to create a script which checks if a service is running and starts it if failed. Regardless of the outcome I would like an email which tells me the results. I would like this to be in a .bat file although .vbs is acceptable.
I have found various posts on how to do this. I am currently using:
set service=###
for /F "tokens=3 delims=: " %%H in ('sc query %service% ^ | findstr " STATE"') do (
if /I "%%H" NEQ "RUNNING" (net start %service%)
This runs successfully and will start the service if stopped however I am getting
%%H was unexpected at this time
This causing it to register as failed on Task scheduler
The second part of the script I am using is:
for /F "tokens=3 delims=: " %%H in ('sc query %service% ^| findstr " STATE"') do (
if /I "%%H" EQ "RUNNING" (
SendMail /smtpserver localhost /to me#mydomain.com /from watchdog#mydomain.com /subject Service Autostart Notification /body Autostart on service %service% succeded.
) else (
SendMail /smtpserver localhost /to me#mydomain.com /from watchdog#mydomain.com /subject Service Autostart Notification /body Autostart on service %service% failed.
)
)
)
)
This is not sending the email as "Sendmail is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable command or batch file"
Please could someone give me assistance with this. I have tried to find solutions online but have been unsuccessful thus far.
Kind Regards

Answer 1

This batch file allows you to send an email with no third party software, if your IT has not locked down windows scripting host.
Change the port and SSL encryption if your email server needs it - read the first part of the batch file.
You can call the batch file like this:
CALL email.bat "myname#gmail.com" "RecipientEmailAddress#server.com" "Subject line" "Email Body in one line" "smtp.gmail.com" "myname#gmail.com" "password" "d:\folder\filename to attach.txt"
Email.bat
:: email.bat :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
#echo off
setlocal
:: use these settings to send from a gmail account
:: set port=465 and set SSL=True
:: use these settings for standard email SMTP port and no encryption
:: set port=25 and set SSL=False
:: Change these following items to use the same variables all the time
:: or use the command line to pass all the variables
set Port=25
set SSL=False
set From="myemail#myemailserver.com"
set To="recipient#server.com"
set Subject="Subject line"
set Body="Email Body in one line"
set SMTPServer="mailservername.myemailserver.com"
set User="username"
set Pass="password"
set fileattach="d:\myfolder\file.txt"
:: This section sets the command line arguments
:: use this format: CALL email.bat "myname#gmail.com" "RecipientEmailAddress#server.com" "Subject line" "Email Body in one line" "smtp.gmail.com" "myname#gmail.com" "password" "d:\folder\filename to attach.txt"
if "%~7" NEQ "" (
set From="%~1"
set To="%~2"
set Subject="%~3"
set Body="%~4"
set SMTPServer="%~5"
set User="%~6"
set Pass="%~7"
set fileattach="%~8"
)
set "vbsfile=%temp%\email-bat.vbs"
del "%vbsfile%" 2>nul
set cdoSchema=http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration
echo >>"%vbsfile%" Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments
echo >>"%vbsfile%" Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
echo >>"%vbsfile%" objEmail.From = %From%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" objEmail.To = %To%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" objEmail.Subject = %Subject%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" objEmail.Textbody = %body%
if exist %fileattach% echo >>"%vbsfile%" objEmail.AddAttachment %fileattach%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" with objEmail.Configuration.Fields
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Item ("%cdoSchema%/sendusing") = 2 ' not local, smtp
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Item ("%cdoSchema%/smtpserver") = %SMTPServer%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Item ("%cdoSchema%/smtpserverport") = %port%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Item ("%cdoSchema%/smtpauthenticate") = 1 ' cdobasic
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Item ("%cdoSchema%/sendusername") = %user%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Item ("%cdoSchema%/sendpassword") = %pass%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Item ("%cdoSchema%/smtpusessl") = %SSL%
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Item ("%cdoSchema%/smtpconnectiontimeout") = 30
echo >>"%vbsfile%" .Update
echo >>"%vbsfile%" end with
echo >>"%vbsfile%" objEmail.Send
cscript.exe /nologo "%vbsfile%"
echo email sent (if variables were correct)
del "%vbsfile%" 2>nul
goto :EOF