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I have a Windows 2003 R2 server and I want to send an email from the command line. This server does not have the SMTP service configured. Is there a one liner that will let me send an email? My specific use case at the moment is to send an email when a performance alert is triggered, but it would be useful in general.

I'm hoping for something like

foomail -t peter@example.org -f blah@example.org -m "Alert! the sky is falling"

Update: I would much prefer a solution that does not involve installing 3rd party software.

I'd try blat. You could write a vbscript but there is no built in executable to send mail

Would you consider powershell rather than cmd.exe? If so, sending mail is built in:

$SmtpClient = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient
$SmtpServer = "your.mail.host.com"
$SmtpClient.host = $SmtpServer 

$From = "Me <User@example.com>"
$To = User2@example.com
$Title = "Subject"
$Body = "Body Text" 
$SmtpClient.Send($From,$To,$Title,$Body) 

To make a one liner, save the following to a powershell script file (sendmail.ps1):

 param( 
 [string] $From = "from@example.com",
 [string] $To = "to@example.com",
 [string] $Title = "title",
 [string] $Body = "body"
 )
 $SmtpClient = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient
 $SmtpServer = "your.mail.host.com"
 $SmtpClient.host = $SmtpServer 
 $SmtpClient.Send($From,$To,$Title,$Body)

(make sure to change the smtpserver to be your real one)

Then you can call it using:

powershell.exe c:pathtosendmail.ps1 "from@example.com" "to@example.com" "title" "body"

I've used bmail with great success in the past.

Usage (copied from website)

C:>bmail /?

 Command Line SMTP Emailer V1.07
 Copyright(C) 2002-2004 Craig.Peacock@beyondlogic.org
 Usage: bmail [options]
 -s SMTP Server Name
 -p SMTP Port Number (optional, defaults to 25)
 -t To: Address
 -f From: Address
 -b Text Body of Message (optional)
 -h Generate Headers
 -a Subject (optional)
 -m Filename (optional) Use file as Body of Message
 -c Prefix above file with CR/LF to separate body from header
 -d Debug (Show all mail server communications)

Try free Mail Alert Simple Mailer:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/mail-alert/

It supports SSL/TLS mail servers like gmail and its' easy to configure.

One more command-line mailer program:

• mailsend

It supports SSL too.

sendEmail -f %from_address% -t %to_address% -u "Subject Line" -m "Message" -s %smtp_server%

The simplest Win utility I found and use in production environment. Standalone executable/no installation or configuration.
Supports both non-TLS and TLS. And has a debugger, which is helpful.

http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/#download