How to change send emailcommand to mail and not outlook
By default, the SendEmail
command in PowerShell uses Outlook as the email client. However, you can change this behavior to use a different email client, such as Mail, by modifying the SendEmail
command or using a different cmdlet altogether.
Here are a few ways to achieve this:
Method 1: Modify the SendEmail
command
You can modify the SendEmail
command to use the Mail
cmdlet instead of Outlook by adding the -UseMail
parameter. Here's an example:
Send-MailMessage -To "[email protected]" -Subject "Test Email" -Body "This is a test email" -UseMail
This will send the email using the Mail
cmdlet instead of Outlook.
Method 2: Use the Mail
cmdlet directly
You can use the Mail
cmdlet to send an email directly, without using the SendEmail
command. Here's an example:
$smtp = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("smtp.example.com")
$smtp.Send("[email protected]", "[email protected]", "Test Email", "This is a test email")
This will send an email using the Mail
cmdlet and the specified SMTP server.
Method 3: Use the Send-MailMessage
cmdlet with the -SmtpServer
parameter
You can use the Send-MailMessage
cmdlet with the -SmtpServer
parameter to specify the SMTP server to use. Here's an example:
Send-MailMessage -To "[email protected]" -Subject "Test Email" -Body "This is a test email" -SmtpServer "smtp.example.com"
This will send the email using the specified SMTP server, which can be a Mail server or any other SMTP server.
By using one of these methods, you can change the default email client used by PowerShell to send emails from Mail instead of Outlook.