Sending email through powershell issue

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When i try to send email through powershell im facing following issues 1.Im not able to change the sender as group mailbox 2.it does not read the attachments i add but the mail gets sent.

code im using :

    $Outlook = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application
    $Mail = $Outlook.CreateItem(0)
    $Mail.To = "[email protected]"
    $Mail.Subject = "sql"
    $mail.attachments = 'C:\Users\desktop.ini'
    $Mail.Body = ""
    $Mail.Send()

error i'm receiving :

     Property is read-only.
     At C:\Users\Documents\sending email.ps1:5 char:1
     + $mail.attachments = 'C:\Users\desktop.ini'
     + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + CategoryInfo          : OperationStopped: (:) [], COMException
     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

But the file is in my local

Is there a reason to use the Outlook COM object and not Send-MailMessage? — Theo
– Theo, Commented May 29, 2020 at 8:27
when i add smtp and port details my outlook dosent allow me to send email.so tried alternate method lik this — ScriptingisLife
– ScriptingisLife, Commented May 29, 2020 at 8:57

Bowshock · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-02 08:04:57Z

1

You are missing an additional parameter

Your script should look something like this:

$attachment = "C:\Users\YourUser\Documents\test.txt"    
$mail.attachments.add($attachment)

or, if not with a variable

$mail.attachments.add("C:\Users\YourUser\Documents\test.txt")

As for the group mailbox, the mailbox should be controllable by using

$mail.sendusingaccount = "[email protected]"

As for adding multiple attachments, you will have to have them in one directory:

$getfiles = Get-ChildItem "C:\Users\YourUser\Attachmentfolder\"
Foreach ($getfile in $getfiles) {
$mail.attachments.add($getfile.FullName)
}

edited Jun 2, 2020 at 8:04

answered May 29, 2020 at 7:16

Bowshock

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Bowshock Over a year ago

So what its worth, I tried it out and could not get it to work for myself sadly. But, some research later, I would advise you in general of using the following: send-mailmessage -smtpServer (servername or IP) -from [email protected] -to @([email protected], [email protected]) -subject "Email Subject" -body "Email Body" SMTP works like a charm compared to a regular outlook item request. - That is also how I could get it to work then.

Bowshock Over a year ago

Ill just quickly add you another stackoverflow post: stackoverflow.com/questions/41149684/… You can try the outlook-item piece of script, which is recommended by the first answer, but it did not work for me. This might be some other problem on my side though.

ScriptingisLife Over a year ago

How do i add multiple attachments ?

Bowshock Over a year ago

$mailobject.attachment.add supports an array, so doing something like $mail.attachments.add("C:Users\YourUser\Documents\test.txt","C:Users\YourUser\Documents\test2.txt","C:Users\YourUser\Documents\test3.txt") should work in theory.

Bowshock Over a year ago

So I researched a bit and found out that only the send-mailmessage cmdlet accepts arrays for its -attachment parameter. Sorry for that. BUT, of course, I found a way around for you which I added for additional clarity to my initial answer, as you can see. I hope this works for you, because it worked like a charm for me. Good luck! Edit: You will need to delete the $mail.attachments.add($attachments) from outside the foreach loop.

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