Sending Email using Powershell

Here is an interesting study into sending an email via .NET or using native PowerShell v3 Cmdlets. Obviously the native way is much simpler and I have personally found it to be more reliable.

 

 

.NET Way

#SMTP server name
$smtpServer = $smtpServer
#Creating a Mail object
$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
#Creating SMTP server object
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
#Email structure
$msg.From = $EmailFrom
$msg.ReplyTo = $EmailFrom
$msg.To.Add($EmailTo)
$msg.subject = $EmailSubject
$msg.attachments.add($Attachment)
$msg.body = $EmailBody
#Sending email
$smtp.Send($msg)

 

PowerShell Cmdlet

$email = @{
    To = $EmailTo
    From = $EmailFrom
    Subject = $EmailSubject
    Body = $EmailBody
    SMTPServer = $smtpServer
}
Send-MailMessage @Email

 

 

Cheers