tonyr wrote:
> yea unfortuantely this particular smtp server does not require
> authentication! So I'm still stumped..
> thanks
> tr
>
>
> "J Ford" wrote:
>
>> Well depending on how your smtp/exchange server is setup it requires domain
>> authentication. Instead of running as system through a schedule task set it
>> up to run as a domain user.
>>
>> "tonyr" wrote:
>>
>>> I have the following single line script running from a w2k3 server
>>> Send-SmtpMail -SmtpHost a.b.com -To dope@b.com -From dope@b.com
>>> -subject "tm down"
>>>
>>> if I run it as a user it works fine if I try to run it as a scheduled tasks
>>> as "system" nothing happens!
>>>
>>> any ideas?
>>> thanks
>>> tr
>>>

Isn't the local system account restricted from accessing the network?

\\uSlacker