Send email alerts with this PowerShell code

[savas@BackupChain]

Use email alert script below in a file, named sendemail.ps1.

If you want to run it from a regular command prompt or batch file, run it as:
powershell.exe -file C:\myscripts\sendemail.ps1

Code:

$EmailFrom = "from@email.com"
$EmailTo = "to@email.com"
$Subject = "Alert: enter a useful email subject here. Local time is: $(Get-Date)"
$Body = "enter something useful here. time is:  $(Get-Date)"
$SMTPServer = "my.smtp.server.address.com"
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, <my smtp port number example 587>)
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("my@email.com","<my password>");
$SMTPClient.Send($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $Subject, $Body)

The command to run the email alert can be configured in the Windows Task Scheduler or Event Viewer, to run triggered by various events in the system.
Hope this helps!