send email not working as expected

[sarjent]

Receiving the following at the end of execution. I ran the code to generate the password hash and placed it in the xml, configured my smtp information and username as well.

`Saving results to html report: C:\Temp\CTXXDHealthCheck.htm ConvertTo-SecureString : Input string was not in a correct format. At C:\Temp\XA-and-XD-HealthCheck.ps1:1528 char:20

• $pass = $smtpPW | ConvertTo-SecureString -key $smtpKey
  

•                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertTo-SecureString], FormatException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.FormatException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToSecureStringCommand

The variable '$pass' cannot be retrieved because it has not been set. At C:\Temp\XA-and-XD-HealthCheck.ps1:1529 char:73

• $cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential($smtpUser,$pass)
  

•                                                                        ~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (pass:String) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : VariableIsUndefined

The variable '$cred' cannot be retrieved because it has not been set. At C:\Temp\XA-and-XD-HealthCheck.ps1:1531 char:82

• ... TaskMemUnicode($cred.Password)

•                ~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (cred:String) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : VariableIsUndefined

The variable '$cred' cannot be retrieved because it has not been set. At C:\Temp\XA-and-XD-HealthCheck.ps1:1532 char:18

• $smtpUserName = $cred.Username
  

•                 ~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (cred:String) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : VariableIsUndefined

The variable '$Ptr' cannot be retrieved because it has not been set. At C:\Temp\XA-and-XD-HealthCheck.ps1:1533 char:75

• $smtpPassword = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringUni($Ptr)
  

•                                                                          ~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Ptr:String) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : VariableIsUndefined

The variable '$smtpUserName' cannot be retrieved because it has not been set. At C:\Temp\XA-and-XD-HealthCheck.ps1:1535 char:69

• $smtpClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential( $smtpUserNam ...
  

•                                                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (smtpUserName:String) [], RuntimeException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : VariableIsUndefined

Exception calling "Send" with "1" argument(s): "The SMTP server requires a secure connection or the client was not authenticated. The server response was: 5.5.1 Authentication Required. Learn more at" At C:\Temp\XA-and-XD-HealthCheck.ps1:1538 char:1

• $smtpClient.Send( $emailMessage )

•   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : SmtpException`