Send eMail Using Batch File

[jstevens]

Is it possible to send an email using a batch file?

I know how to do it using Excel/VBA: CDO code. I have a number of batch files that I would like an email sent to me once they complete. The batch files reside on a server.

Thanks,
John

[StuartR]

There are a few different methods here

[HansV]

Perhaps you can use Send mail from a batch file. This uses " IIS's SMTP service running on the local machine".

Or try Blat - A Win32 Command Line SMTP Mailer.

(If you have Exchange Server, you can use the mapisend command-line utility from the Exchange Resource Kit)

[jstevens]

Hans,

I used you first link; using "IIS's SMTP service running on the local machine". It worked perfectly as long as the same email address is part of the same domain.

I'm not sure why it is restricted to the same domain but I would like to send an email to my gmail account as well.

Regards,
John

[HansV]

I hope that someone else can help you with this; I don't have any experience with this kind of thing. Sorry...

[StoneChucker]

I've usedSendeMail previously. Very simple command line interface.

[jstevens]

Hans,

How would one incorporate more then one email address in the following code? I have tested it but cannot get it to send to more then one email address.

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@echo off & setlocal
:: set the temp file location
set tempmail=%temp%\tempmail.%random%.txt
:: echo the basic headers to the temp file
echo To: "Scripting Test" ^<test@paulsadowski.com^> > %tempmail%
echo From: "Me" ^<me@my.com^> >> %tempmail%
echo Subject: Test2 >> %tempmail%
:: echo the blank line that separates the header from the body text
echo.>>%tempmail%
:: echo the body text to the temp file
echo First line of body text.>> %tempmail%
echo Second line of body text.>> %tempmail%
:: move the temp file to the mail pickup directory
:: adjust this location for your system
move %tempmail% c:\inetpub\mailroot\pickup
set tempmail=
endlocal

Regards,
John

[HansV]

Have you tried something like

echo To: "John Doe" ^<john.doe@company.com^>, "Mary Lamb" ^<m.lamb@other.com^> > %tempmail%

i.e. separate the recipients with a comma?

BTW, if you don't want to use display names, the e-mail addresses are sufficient:

echo To: john.doe@company.com, m.lamb@other.com > %tempmail%

[jstevens]

Thank you. I was using a semi-colon.

John