PowerShell/docs/new-email.md

The new-email.ps1 Script

This PowerShell script opens the default email client to write a new email.

Parameters

/home/markus/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/new-email.ps1 [[-EmailAddress] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-EmailAddress <String>
    Specifies the email address fill in
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                markus@fleschutz.de
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./new-email.ps1

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Opens the default email client to write a new email
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script opens the default email client to write a new email.
.PARAMETER EmailAddress
	Specifies the email address fill in
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./new-email.ps1
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$EmailAddress = "markus@fleschutz.de")

try {
	$URL="mailto:$EmailAddress"
	Start-Process $URL
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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