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fatherazrael
fatherazrael

Reputation: 5987

Powershell EMail: How to add new line in email Body?

Very new to Powershell. Wrote powershell script which is working perfectly but when it sends mail it does not show new line character in body. Following are configurations:

$EmailFrom = "[email protected]"
$EmailTo = "[email protected]"
$Subject = "Disk Space Low: $server"

$Body = "Server Name:  $server, <NEED NEW LINE> Drive: C,  <NEED NEW LINE>  Total Size: $sizeGB,  <NEED NEW LINE> Space Left: $freeSpaceGB"

$SMTPServer = "scan.opinergo.fn"
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, 25)
#$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential("<From mail ID>", "Password");
$SMTPClient.Send($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $Subject, $Body)

In Body i have used following in place of ; searched around:

1) %0d%0a - NOT WORKING when user checks mail

2) \n - NOT WORKING when user checks mail

3) < br > - Not Working when user check mail

Could anyone please suggest what else could i use to get new line or any modifications required in script?

Upvotes: 10

Views: 69483

Answers (5)

Jay Lavin
Jay Lavin

Reputation: 11

Just putting it in your script the way you want it to appear worked for me, although I am on version 4.0. Not sure what version you were on or if that makes a difference.

$Body = "Server Name:  $server
Drive: C
Total Size: $sizeGB
Space Left: $freeSpaceGB"

Upvotes: 1

manan choksi
manan choksi

Reputation: 7

The PowerShell newline indicator is n, and can only be used in double quotes. Single quotes will print the actual "n".

$Body = "Server Name:  $server, <NEED NEW LINE> Drive: C"

becomes:

$Body = "Server Name:  $server,`nDrive: C"

Upvotes: -1

Simon
Simon

Reputation: 21

technically it needs to be 

$body = "first line" + "`n" + "second line"

otherwise the the first line is created with a trailing and the second line with a leading space.

Upvotes: 2

Arvo Bowen
Arvo Bowen

Reputation: 4955

I'm not sure how these other users were able to make the `n create a new line but I never could get it to work...

Instead I ended up doing the following...

  • Using the -BodyAsHtml switch
  • Using the <br /> (break) html tag

For example...

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -Command Send-MailMessage -BodyAsHtml -SmtpServer 'myemail.server.com' -To 'Mr To <[email protected]>' -From 'Mr From <[email protected]>' -Subject 'Reports From Daily SQL Backup Jobs' -Body 'There was an issue backing up the databases and sending them to the virtual drive.<br />Test Line 2.<br />Test Line 3.-more on line 3<br />Test Line 4.<br />EOF<br />'"

Upvotes: 13

TessellatingHeckler
TessellatingHeckler

Reputation: 29048

(From my comment)

The PowerShell newline indicator is `n (backtick-n), so:

$Body = "Server Name:  $server, <NEED NEW LINE> Drive: C

becomes:

$Body = "Server Name:  $server, `n Drive: C

Upvotes: 14

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