Sending mail from a batch file

Question

We have a script for backing up files. Upon completion of the backup operation, we would like to send the report as an email notification to some of our email addresses.

How can I do that?

Answer 1

Blat :

blat -to [e-mail] -server smtp.example.com -f [e-mail] -subject "subject" -body "body" 

Answer 2

You can also use Power Shell script:

 $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("mail.example.com") if( $Env:SmtpUseCredentials -eq "true" ) { $credentials = new-object Net.NetworkCredential("username","password") $smtp.Credentials = $credentials } $objMailMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $objMailMessage.From = "[e-mail]" $objMailMessage.To.Add("[e-mail]") $objMailMessage.Subject = "eMail subject Notification" $objMailMessage.Body = "Hello world!" $smtp.send($objMailMessage) 

Answer 3

PowerShell has a built-in command . So work directly from the .bat file:

 powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command Send-MailMessage ^ -SmtpServer server.address.name ^ -To [e-mail] ^ -From [e-mail] ^ -Subject Testing ^ -Body 123 

_{NB -ExecutionPolicy ByPass is required only if you have not configured permissions to start PS from CMD}

_{Also for those who want to call it from powershell, drop everything up to -Command [inclusive], and ` will be your escape character (not ^ )}

Answer 4

bmail . Just install the exe and run the following line:

 bmail -s myMailServer -f [e-mail] -t [e-mail] -a "Production Release Performed" 

Answer 5

The easiest way is to use a third-party application mentioned by others.

If this is not an option, I wrote a simple sendmail utility using vbscript and CDO, which I called from the script package

See examples here http://www.paulsadowski.com/WSH/cdo.htm

Answer 6

We use blat to do this all the time in our environment. I also use it to connect to Gmail with Stunnel . Here are the options for sending the file

 blat -to [e-mail] -server smtp.example.com -f [e-mail] -subject "subject" -body "body" -attach c:\temp\file.txt 

Or you can put this file in the body

 blat c:\temp\file.txt -to [e-mail] -server smtp.example.com -f [e-mail] -subject "subject" 

Answer 7

You can also use sendmail . I use it in this subversion cache to send email notifications: post-commit hook

Answer 8

There are several methods to solve this problem.

My advice is to use the powerful free Windows SendEmail console application.

 sendEmail.exe -f [e-mail] -o message-file=body.txt -u subject message -t [e-mail] -a attachment.zip -s smtp.gmail.com:446 -xu gmail.login -xp gmail.password