PowerShell Command Line Emailer

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I’ve talked about this before, but it came up again today so I thought I’d do a quick post about it.  Here’s a function I use in my PowerShell profile that uses NetCmdlets to send quick “todo” emails:

function todo($target="work", $msg) {
  switch ($target)
  {
    "work" { $target = "lancer@nsoftware.com" }
    "home" { $target = "lmrobins@gmail.com" }
  }
  send-email -from lancer@nsoftware.com -to $target -subject ("Todo: " + $msg) -message $msg -server 10.0.1.1
}

During the day, when I need to send myself a reminder, I can just say:

PS>todo home “remember to buy apples”

or

PS>todo work "schedule meeting with Mark and his team"

This is always faster than bringing up my email client, composing a new message and clicking send.  You’ll notice that my function uses the send-email function from NetCmdlets, but just substitute your own email code if necessary.