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aristosv
Asked: 2017-05-18 09:07:57 +0800 CST

powershell email log file in the body of the email

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I am using this power-shell script to send emails. My problem is with the $body variable. I don't want to attach the log file in the email, I want the contents of the log file to be in the body of the email.

Write-Host "Setting Variables" -ForegroundColor Green
    $user    = "username"
    $pass    = Get-Content "$PSScriptRoot\pass.txt" | ConvertTo-SecureString
    $cred    = New-Object -Typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $user,$pass
    $from    = "[email protected]"
    $to      = "[email protected]"
    $subject = "Email Subject"
    $body    = Get-Content C:\backup\log.txt
    $smtp    = "smtp.gmail.com"

    Write-Host "Sending Email" -ForegroundColor Green
    Send-MailMessage -From $from -To $to -Subject $subject -Body $body -SmtpServer $smtp -Port 587 -UseSsl -Credential $cred

When I run the script I get a message saying:

Send-MailMessage : Cannot convert 'System.Object[]' to the type 
'System.String' required by parameter 'Body'. Specified method is not 
supported.

How can I read the contents of the log file and put it in the body of the email?

powershell

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    this solved it

    -Body ($body | Out-String)
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