Sending e-mail
Integration with e-mail is a key capability for automating administration tasks. With e-mail, you can run tasks that automatically let you know when they are complete, or e-mail users when information is needed from them, or even send reports to administrators.
This recipe shows different methods of sending e-mail to users.
Getting ready
To send an e-mail using PowerShell, we will need a mail system capable of accepting SMTP mail from your computer. This can be a Microsoft Exchange server, and IIS server, a Linux host, or even a public mail service such as Google Mail. The method we use may change how the e-mail appears to the end recipient and may cause the message to be flagged as spam.
How to do it...
To send e-mail using the traditional ...
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