Email HTML Logs Utility

Send HTML logs as e-mail

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Features and Requirements

Send the contents of HTML files as the body in e-mails.
Useful for applications that output HTML logs with no e-mail option.
The utility requires at least PowerShell 5.0.
Tested on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2.

Generating A Password File For SMTP Authentication

The password used for SMTP server authentication must be in an encrypted text file. To generate the password file, run the following command in PowerShell on the computer and logged in with the user that will be running the utility. When you run the command, you will be prompted for a username and password. Enter the username and password you want to use to authenticate to your SMTP server.

Please note: This is only required if you need to authenticate to the SMTP server when send the log via e-mail.

$creds = Get-Credential
$creds.Password | ConvertFrom-SecureString | Set-Content c:\scripts\ps-script-pwd.txt

After running the commands, you will have a text file containing the encrypted password. When configuring the -Pwd switch enter the path and file name of this file.

Configuration

Here’s a list of all the command line switches and example configurations.

Command Line Switch	Description	Example
-Files	The path that contains the HTML files to email.	[path]
-L	The path to output the log file to.	[path]
-LogRotate	Remove logs produced by the utility older than X days	[number]
-NoBanner	Use this option to hide the ASCII art title in the console.	N/A
-Help	Display usage information. No arguments also displays help.	N/A
-Subject	Specify a subject line. If you leave this blank the default subject will be used	"'[Server: Notification]'"
-SendTo	The e-mail address the log should be sent to. For multiple address, separate with a comma.	[example@contoso.com]
-From	The e-mail address the log should be sent from.	[example@contoso.com]
-Smtp	The DNS name or IP address of the SMTP server.	[smtp server address]
-Port	The Port that should be used for the SMTP server. If none is specified then the default of 25 will be used.	[port number]
-User	The user account to authenticate to the SMTP server.	[example@contoso.com]
-Pwd	The txt file containing the encrypted password for SMTP authentication.	[path]ps-script-pwd.txt
-UseSsl	Configures the utility to connect to the SMTP server using SSL.	N/A

Example

[path\]Email-HTML-Logs.ps1 -Files [path\] -SendTo [example@contoso.com] -From [example@contoso.com] -Smtp [smtp server address] -User [example@contoso.com] -Pwd [path\]ps-script-pwd.txt -UseSsl