It sounds like you didnt make an "app password" for this smtp authentication request?
- https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833 - https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords -- Espi On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> wrote: > So what am I doing wrong here? I want a script to send an email to my > Gmail account (the script will run as a scheduled task). But it keeps > failing with: > > Exception calling "Send" with "1" argument(s): "The SMTP server requires a > secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response > was: 5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at" > > Even tho I am using SSl, and passing it credentials to authenticate. I > don't really want to set my GMail account to accept less secure apps, but > what am I doing wrong here? > (I have my own Google Apps account, so I use my own domain name) > > $EmailFrom = "Scheduled Tasks <[email protected]>" > $EmailTo = "me@my-domain" > $EmailSubject = "Results of scheduled tasks" > $EmailBody = "Attached is the Log" > > $EmailSMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com" > $EmailSMTPServerPort = "587" > > $EmailSMTPUser = "me@my-domain" > $EmailSMTPPass = "xxxxx" > > $SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($E > mailFrom,$EmailTo,$EmailSubject,$EmailBody) > > $SMTP = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient($EmailSMTPServer, > $EmailSMTPServerPort); > $SMTP.EnableSSL = $true > $SMTP.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($EmailSMTPUser, > $EmailSMTPPass); > $SMTP.Send($SMTPMessage); > > So why does it think it either doesn't have a secure connection (I am > using EnableSsl) or not authenticating (I am passing it my Google Apps ID > and password)? > > Running on Win 10, PS v5 > > PS C:\Scripts> $psversiontable > > Name Value > ---- ----- > PSVersion 5.1.14393.206 > PSEdition Desktop > PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...} > BuildVersion 10.0.14393.206 > CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000 > WSManStackVersion 3.0 > PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3 > SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1 > > Thanks > > >
