yep knew that forgot that thanks for reminding me again!!
tr

"uSlacker" wrote:

> 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
>