HOWTO: Windows Script Host Script for Sending E-Mail

ID: Q197920

The information in this article applies to:

Windows Script Host, version 1.0
Microsoft Visual Basic, Scripting Edition, version 3.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98

SUMMARY

This is a simple VBScript example of how to automate sending mail through Microsoft Outlook.

MORE INFORMATION

This example will work in either an Active Server Pages (ASP) page or in Windows Script Host (WSH), as long as there is a valid Outlook User Profile available on the system. This User Profile appears in the from field of the mails generated. It would be possible to set up a Profile that is used solely for sending automated messages.

Use the following steps with WSH:

Save the code listed below into a file with a .vbs extension. To test, double-click on the file in Windows Explorer.

If you are using Windows 95, you need to install Wsh.exe from the following Web site to enable Windows Script Host:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting

Use the following steps with ASP:

Assuming you are saving it on a Web server with Active Server Page Extensions installed, you can just include the code directly into an ASP page, or save it in a file that you include into any ASP page that needs mailing capabilities.

Use the following for both methods:

Don't forget to change the recipient and the logon information. The logon has to be a valid Outlook user profile.


   'Body of email message
   Dim msgBody
   msgBody="A mail from the Windows Script Host!"

   'Call our function with recipient, message and subject
   MySendMail "someone@example.microsoft.com",msgBody,"Automated Message."

   Sub MySendMail(recipient,msg,subject)
       Dim objSession, oInbox, colMessages, oMessage, colRecipients

       Set objSession = CreateObject("MAPI.Session")
       objSession.Logon "A Valid User Profile"

       Set oInbox = objSession.Inbox
       Set colMessages = oInbox.Messages
       Set oMessage = colMessages.Add()
       Set colRecipients = oMessage.Recipients

       colRecipients.Add recipient
       colRecipients.Resolve

       oMessage.Subject = subject
       oMessage.Text = msg
       oMessage.Send

       objSession.Logoff
       Set objSession = nothing

   End Sub

NOTE: If you intend to run these scripts from the context of a service, look at article Q177851 in the REFERENCES section below.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q193685 Sending E-mail from a Command Prompt Using IIS SMTP Service

Q191430 Run a WSH file from NT Scheduler

Q177851 Build a VB/Messaging Application to Run from a Service

For more information about the technologies discussed here, please refer to the article "Getting Started with ASP Messaging" in the MSDN Online:

http://premium.microsoft.com/msdn/library/techart/msdn_aspmess.htm

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Keywords          : kbAutomation kbScript 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,3.0,95,98; winnt:4.0
Platform          : WINDOWS winnt 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: July 14, 1999