On Sun, Dec 4, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> I recommend you just use send-mailmessage with verbose instead of putting > it together on your own. Probably easier and more helpful. > I tried it that way, too. Same error.I'm trying it this way, because searches found blog posts that say that this is how they got it to work. Except it still doesn't work for me. > > > I can’t speak to gApps, but Exchange requires all of EmailFrom and EmailTo > and EmailSmtpUser to be legal Smtp users. > No, this script used to work as shown. Then (apparently, from what I've read) GMail started enforcing OAuth2 authentication, and then the script stopped working. > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:listsadmin@lists. > myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael Leone > *Sent:* Sunday, December 4, 2016 7:21 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] Fwd: Can't seem to securely send to GMail > > > > 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" > > > > $SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage($ > EmailFrom,$EmailTo,$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 > > > > >
