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November 15, 2021 15:17
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Send-MailMessage wrapper, with additional functionality to send attachments as an archive
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function Send-CustomMail { | |
[cmdletbinding()] | |
param ( | |
[Parameter(Mandatory)][string[]]$To, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Subject, | |
[Parameter(Mandatory)][string]$Body, | |
[string]$SMTPServer = 'SMTP.ACME.LOCAL', | |
[string]$From = '[email protected]', | |
[string[]]$Attachments = @(), | |
[Switch]$CompressAttachments | |
) | |
$Body = @" | |
<p><em>*** This is an automated message, do not reply! ***</em></p> | |
<p>$Body</p> | |
"@ | |
try { | |
if ($Attachments.Count -gt 0) { | |
# Create a (local) temporary folder and copy the files to attach. | |
# This avoids access errors for files that are still being written to. | |
$TempFolder = [System.IO.Path]::Combine([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath(), | |
$([System.Guid]::NewGuid()).ToString()) | |
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $TempFolder | Out-Null | |
Write-Verbose "Copying attachments to temporary folder $TempFolder ..." | |
Copy-Item $Attachments -Destination $TempFolder | |
# Replace reference to copied files | |
$Attachments = Get-ChildItem $TempFolder -File | Select-Object -ExpandProperty FullName | |
if ($CompressAttachments) { | |
$Archive = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($TempFolder, | |
[System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension([System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName(),'.zip')) | |
Write-Verbose "Archiving $($Attachments.Count) attachment(s)..." | |
try { | |
Compress-Archive ` | |
-Path $Attachments ` | |
-DestinationPath $Archive ` | |
-CompressionLevel Optimal | |
# Replace the existing attachments by the archive | |
$Attachments = @($Archive) | |
} | |
catch { | |
Write-Warning "Failed to create archive, original files will be sent instead. Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
$Params = @{ | |
To = $To | |
From = $From | |
Subject = $Subject | |
Body = $Body | |
SmtpServer = $SMTPServer | |
Encoding = 'Unicode' | |
BodyAsHtml = $true | |
} | |
if ($Attachments.Count -gt 0) { | |
$Params['Attachments'] = $Attachments | |
} | |
Send-MailMessage @Params | |
} | |
catch { | |
Write-Warning "Unable to send mail. Error: $($_.Exception.Message)" | |
} | |
finally { | |
# Remove the temporary folder | |
if ($Attachments.Count -gt 0) { | |
Write-Verbose 'Removing temporary folder...' | |
Remove-Item $TempFolder -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction Ignore | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
Export-ModuleMember -Function Send-CustomMail |
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