I put the following function in my PowerShell profile so that I can just bring up my PowerShell console and type myself a quick “todo” note that automatically gets emailed to me for later. There are several things of note in this tiny script:
1. Note the use of the $args variable to effectively allow the user to enter $msg parameter without quotes even if it contains whitespace.
2. In this particular example I’m sending the email through Gmail. smtp.gmail.com, port 587, SSL and authentication required.
3. Check outhe $gmailcred variable, which gets set earlier in my profile. It gets read from a secure string file.
PowerShell
function todo {
param([string] $target = "work",
[string] $msg )
switch ($target)
{
"work" { $target = "lance@3birdsmarketing.com" }
"home" { $target = "lmrobins@gmail.com" }
}
$emailFrom = "lmrobins@gmail.com"
if ($args -ne "") {
$msg = $msg + " " + $args
}
$subject = "Todo: " + $msg
$body = $msg
$smtpServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer, 587)
$smtp.EnableSsl = $true
$smtp.Credentials = [Net.NetworkCredential]($gmailcred)
$smtp.Send($emailFrom, $target, $subject, $body)
}