Powershell email throwing error

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Powershell email throwing error

mtz676

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June 4, 2018 at 12:32 am

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$File="gci \\abcd\efgh\ijkl | select -last 1"
$From = "adcb@gmail.com"
$To = "efgh@gmail.com"
$Attachment = $File
$Subject = "Here's the Email Subject"
$Body = "This is what I want to say"
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $SMTPServer -Attachments $Attachment
This is the error I receive:
Send-MailMessage : Illegal characters in path.
At line:1 char:1
+ Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Send-MailMessage], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage
What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks

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frederico_fonseca SSCoach Points: 16014 More actions · Answer 1

$File="gci \\abcd\efgh\ijkl | select -last 1"
$Attachment = $File

I assume that what you intended here was to get the last file on the folder in question - but instead you assigned a value of >gci \\abcd\efgh\ijkl | select -last 1< as the filename.
try
$File=gci \\abcd\efgh\ijkl | select -last 1
$Attachment = $File.Name

mtz676 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9180 More actions · Answer 2

I tried that..it does not work.
It starts searching from the directory I am running the code from.
Send-MailMessage : Could not find file 'H:\files_06-04-2018_02-40-08.html'

My files exists in this folder \\abcd\efgh\ijkl.

Thanks

frederico_fonseca SSCoach Points: 16014 More actions · Answer 3

$File=gci \\abcd\efgh\ijkl | select -last 1
$Attachment = $File.FullName

you may need to enclose the filename with double quotes on the send mail step

mtz676 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9180 More actions · Answer 4

It did not work

$File = "gci \\abcd\efgh\ijkl | select -last 1"
$From = "abcd@gmail.com"
$To = "efgh@gmail.com"
$Attachment = $File
$Subject = "Here's the Email Subject"
$Body = "This is what I want to say"
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $SMTPServer -Attachments "$Attachment" –DeliveryNotificationOption OnSuccess

Send-MailMessage : Illegal characters in path.
At line:1 char:1
+ Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Send-MailMessage], ArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage

frederico_fonseca SSCoach Points: 16014 More actions · Answer 5

offcourse not - instead of using my code you reverted back to your original one

mtz676 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9180 More actions · Answer 6

I tried that already.Did not work

PS H:\> $File = gci \\abcd\efgh\ijkl | select -last 1
PS H:\> $From = "abcd@gmail.com"
PS H:\> $To = "defg@gmail.com"
PS H:\> $Attachment = $File.FullName
PS H:\> $Subject = "Here's the Email Subject"
PS H:\> $Body = "This is what I want to say"
PS H:\> $SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
PS H:\> Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $SMTPServer -Attachments "$Attach
ment" –DeliveryNotificationOption OnSuccess
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. e10-v6sm92576318pfb.136 - gsmtp
At line:1 char:1
+ Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient:SmtpClient) [Send-MailMessage], SmtpExcept
ion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : SmtpException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage

frederico_fonseca SSCoach Points: 16014 More actions · Answer 7

yeah.. with a totally different error

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. e10-v6sm92576318pfb.136 - gsmtp

so my change did indeed work - now you have another issue that you will need to chase after

mtz676 SSCrazy Eights Points: 9180 More actions · Answer 8

I get an email when I execute the same code without any attachments.
I don't think the error has anything to do with smtp.