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Asked: 2026-05-16T17:53:55+00:00

I’m trying to run Send-MailMessage directly from a command window. C:\>powershell Send-MailMessage -from ‘test@test.com’

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I’m trying to run Send-MailMessage directly from a command window.

C:\>powershell Send-MailMessage -from 'test@test.com' -to "target@test.com" -subject 'test' -smtpServer "srv.server.com" -Attachment c:\Test\log.txt -body "Test message"

This fails with

Send-MailMessage : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'from'.

I’m sure it’s possible. I just dont know how to pass the arguments correctly.

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you’re running this from cmd.exe then you need to check out the PowerShell.exe help:

    C:\> poweshell.exe /?

    Specifically you should invoke the command like so:

    C:\> powershell -command "& {Send-MailMessage -from 'test@test.com' ... }"

    Watch out for the quote characters. In general use double quotes around the whole -command parameter value for cmd.exe interpret. Inside the command use single quoted strings unless you need variable expansion inside the string.

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