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DabearMDF58
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Apr 03, 2024

Trying to Send IRM Encrypted Email But Body Of Email Is Blank

0 I am writing a script that will open an encrypted Outlook Template File to send and encrypted email. However, the body of the email is not popluating. Code below. Any help would be appreciat...
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DabearMDF58
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Apr 03, 2024
Hey Lain,
I have tried both properties and then both come up blank.
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LainRobertson
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Apr 03, 2024

DabearMDF58 

 

Did you assign HTML content to that attribute?

 

$Mail.HTMLBody = "<html><body>Please Double Check The Vendors Email Address And Then Enter It Again</body></html>";

 

Cheers,

Lain

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    DabearMDF58
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    Apr 03, 2024

    LainRobertson

    Yeah I tried that.  I even used ConvertTo-Html and set that as the Body and piped it to a variable and then added the variable to the htmlbody property.

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      LainRobertson
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      Apr 03, 2024

      DabearMDF58 

       

      Two random quick mentions as afterthoughts:

       

      1. Your code sample features smart quotes around the HTMLBody string value, which may be a non-issue if they're only in this web content (but they would be an issue if they're somehow really in your PowerShell code);
      2. If your template is HTML-based and has already got a value for HTMLBody, then you'd want to be sure that the text you're adding either fully replaces the existing value or that you're inserting it correctly into the existing string block, as if things like tags don't match or free text exists outside of allowable boundaries, it won't render.

       

      But again, these are just afterthoughts and may have no relevance to your test at all.

       

      Cheers,

      Lain

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        DabearMDF58
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        Apr 04, 2024
        As you have shown and in my own testing, I can get text to show in a non-IRM flagged email. However, I am trying to use a IRM flagged email.
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      LainRobertson
      Silver Contributor
      Apr 03, 2024

      DabearMDF58 

       

      Odd.

       

      I finally got a few minutes to test and it checks out for me.

       

      Script

       

      $outlook = New-Object -ComObject outlook.application

$Vendor = "Nobody's Home Furniture";

$Mail = $outlook.CreateItemFromTemplate("D:\Data\Temp\Forum\Forum.oft");
$Mail.SentOnBehalfOfName = "lain.robertson";
$Mail.To = "email address removed for privacy reasons";
$Mail.CC = "email address removed for privacy reasons";
$Mail.Subject = "User With The Email $Vendor Was Not Found";
$Mail.HTMLBody = "<html><body>Please Double Check The Vendors Email Address And Then Enter It Again</body></html>";

$inspector=$Mail.getinspector;
$inspector.display();

       

       

       

      Output

       

       

       

      Edited to resolve issues with smart quotes in all strings from the original script.

       

      Cheers,

      Lain

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