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Copper Contributor

Sep 11, 2023

Help with Group-Object not working as expected

I am trying to count the number of messages stuck in quarantine for specified recipients. I can return the data fine but when I try to group it using Group-Object it returns a strange answer. Her...

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JohnBromilow

Copper Contributor

Sep 11, 2023

I have done some more investigation and have read that the Format-Table command can cause problems. I have modified the code as follows (removed the Format-Table command):

$messages = Get-QuarantineMessage -RecipientAddress $recipients
$messages | ft -Property RecipientAddress
$messages | Group-Object -Property RecipientAddress | Format-Table -Wrap

and the output is now

Which is still wrong but seems to be getting closer