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Monitor servers, workstations, devices and applications in your network

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E-mail Scripts

Sending Email from a Script
Sending Email without Installing the SMTP Service

Sending Email from a Script


Demonstration script that uses CDO to send email from a computer where the SMTP Service has been installed.
Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objEmail.From = "monitor1@fabrikam.com"
objEmail.To = "admin1@fabrikam.com"
objEmail.Subject = "Atl-dc-01 down" 
objEmail.Textbody = "Atl-dc-01 is no longer accessible over the network."
objEmail.Send

Sending Email without Installing the SMTP Service


Demonstration script that uses CDO to send email from a computer where the SMTP Service has not been installed. Replace the name smarthost with the name of your SMTP server.
Set objEmail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
objEmail.From = "admin1@fabrikam.com"
objEmail.To = "admin2@fabrikam.com"
objEmail.Subject = "Server down" 
objEmail.Textbody = "Server1 is no longer accessible over the network."
objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2
objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = _
        "smarthost" 
objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Item _
    ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25
objEmail.Configuration.Fields.Update
objEmail.Send