Vista - Sending eMails

Jim Holbach wrote:

> PS> $a.MSDN()
>
> will open a separate browser window in the msdn2.microsoft.com site with the
> documentation for the class of the object. In this example, it opened
> "http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.mail.smtpclient.aspx".

Eh? Is this something you've set up for yourself, Jim? There's no "MSDN"
function in my shell:

Method invocation failed because [System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient] doesn't
contain a method named 'MSDN'.
At line:1 char:8
+ $a.MSDN( <<<< )

Sorry. I've gotten so used to using this method, I forgot it was a type
extension that Jeffrey Snover posted at
http://blogs.msdn.com/powershell/arc...24/644987.aspx.

"Matt Hamilton" wrote:

> Jim Holbach wrote:
>
> > PS> $a.MSDN()
> >
> > will open a separate browser window in the msdn2.microsoft.com site with the
> > documentation for the class of the object. In this example, it opened
> > "http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.mail.smtpclient.aspx".
>
> Eh? Is this something you've set up for yourself, Jim? There's no "MSDN"
> function in my shell:
>
> Method invocation failed because [System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient] doesn't
> contain a method named 'MSDN'.
> At line:1 char:8
> + $a.MSDN( <<<< )
>

Here's the code...

# First, I instantiate the SmtpClient object...
$Mailer = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("mail.server.it")
# Then, I instantiate a new MailMessage object, with sender, destination,
subject and body
$Message = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage("f.grande@poker.it",
"f.grande@poker.it", "Subject", "Here is some mail from PowerShell.")
# I create a new Attachment object
$Attach = new-object Net.Mail.Attachment("c:\\bell.ico")
# I attach the attachment to the message
$Message.Attachments.Add($Attach)
# Send them all...
$Mailer.Send($Message)


Hope it helps...
Bye

Hi mabster, just a question...


new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient -arg "mailserver.example.com"

is the same of

new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("mailserver.example.com")

?!?!?!?!?!

TIA
FabioG

Fabio GRANDE poker.it> <f.grande wrote:
> Hi mabster, just a question...
>
> new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient -arg "mailserver.example.com"
>
> is the same of
>
> new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("mailserver.example.com")

Does that work? (tries) Yeah, it does. How 'bout that?

Yeah, that's the same thing then, Fabio. Not sure why both syntaxes are
supported. The former feels a bit more "PowerShelly" if you know what I
mean.

"mabster" <mabster@madprops.nospam.org> wrote in message
news:%23mYs5dn9GHA.2364@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Fabio GRANDE poker.it> <f.grande wrote:
>> Hi mabster, just a question...
>>
>> new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient -arg "mailserver.example.com"
>>
>> is the same of new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient("mailserver.example.com")
>
> Does that work? (tries) Yeah, it does. How 'bout that?
>
> Yeah, that's the same thing then, Fabio. Not sure why both syntaxes are
> supported. The former feels a bit more "PowerShelly" if you know what I
> mean.

Those are actually the same form; you're just seeing PowerShell treating
argument separation intelligently (but obscurely). The second example is
really see as:
new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient ("mailserver.example.com")

Here's a quick demonstration to prove it:

PS> function test{param($one,$two);write-host $one; write-host $two;}
PS> test 1(2)
1
2

Note that classes such as this with simple constructors can be instantiated
even more easily:

[Net.Mail.SmtpClient]"mailserver.example.com"