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The PowerShell LoveOMatic Revisited for Valentine’s Day

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, revisits the LoveOMatic, a Windows PowerShell Script that sends random email messages at random times. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Several months ago, I wrote a Windows PowerShell script I called the LoveOMatic (See Weekend Scripter: Introducing the Scripting Guys PowerShell ...

Send an Email Message with Service Status Via PowerShell

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to send an email message with service status info. (image)  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of services on a remote server that I would like to monitor. I would like to see the status of these services and receive these status updates via an email message...

Weekend Scripter: Introducing the Scripting Guys PowerShell LoveOmatic

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use Windows PowerShell to send random email messages at random times. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is Sunday in Charlotte, North Carolina in the deep south of the United States. This morning I am reflecting on a conversation I had with Ashley McGlone, a Microsoft PFE ...

Weekend Scripter: A Windows PowerShell Carol: Ebenezer Script Learns to Send Email

   Summary: Conclusion to the Windows PowerShell Carol in which Ebenezer Script learns how to send email from inside a PowerShell script.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It is almost the end of the year and we have decided to devote some posts to the holiday season. We even have guest bloggers from around the world to ...

How Can I Attach a File to an Email Sent Using CDO?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I understand how to use CDO to send an email, but how do I include an attachment with that email?-- RT(image) (image) (image) Hey, RT. And, incidentally, thanks for this question. At least one of the Scripting Guys spent most of his Thanksgiving weekend eating and, on the rare occasions when he wasn’t eating, ...