Send email with powershell with(out) SharePoint

If you are schedule a Job, an alert or just want to mess around with your colleagues. You can use this powershell script

a)

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell

Write-Host "Sending Email...pausing 30 seconds"

Start-sleep -s 30

Write-Host "Waited 30 seconds"

#SMTP Server Name

$smtpServer = "exchange.com"

$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage

$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)

#Write FROM EMAIL

$from = "@something.com"

$msg.From = $from

$msg.ReplyTo = $from

#Write TO EMAIL

$msg.To.Add("@something.com")

#Your Subject

$msg.subject = "test subject"

#Your Email Body 

$msg.body = "test body"

#Sending email

$smtp.Send($msg)

1 - Write your smtp server
2 - Write email you want to be from
3 - Write email you want to send to

Or with SharePoint

b)

Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.Powershell

#Write EMAIL TO

$email = "@something.com"

#Write Subject

$subject = "Test subject"

#Write Body

$body = "Test body"

$web = Get-SPWeb "http://sharepointserver" #Email From have to be configured here

[Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPUtility]::SendEmail($web,0,0,$email,$subject,$body)

1 - Write your smtp server
2 - Write email you want to be from
3 - Write email you want to send to

c ) Copy and save it a ps1 file and run it.

Error The application is unable to continue and will now terminated

Problem:
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SharePoint Manager Preflight check Error
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The application is unable to continue and will now terminated.
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OK  
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Solution:
You have to be Farm Administrator or SQL SysAdmin

Enjoy!