PowerShell issue with Send-MailMessage -Attachments txt size different

Question

Hey,

I have a strange issue...

Send-MailMessage -to 'mail@maildomain.de' -from 'mail2@maildomain.de' -Attachments "\uncpath\testfile.txt" -Subject "test" -SmtpServer mysmtphost

The File Size of my txt is 19kb, when sending by outlook client it keeps 19kb.

When sending by Powershell script the filesize is 18kb.

I tried with params like utf8 encoding, bodyashtml and so on..but everytime the txt file was send by PS it changes something.

How can I tell Powersehll sending the file attachment without making any changes like outlook client?

thanks
Regards
Daniel

Answer 1

Actually I found a workaround. Sharing is caring :)
I use a part of robocopy, which is for logfiles but can send txt aswell.
Howeever this is my script

Send E-mail message with log file attachment

$Message = New-Object Net.Mail.MailMessage($EmailFrom, $EmailTo, $EmailSubject, $EmailBody)
$Attachment = New-Object Net.Mail.Attachment($Logfile, 'text/plain')
$Message.Attachments.Add($Attachment)
$SMTPClient = New-Object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($SmtpServer, $SMTPPort)
If (-not $SMTPPort -eq "25"){
$SMTPClient.EnableSsl = $true;
$SMTPClient.Credentials = New-Object System.Net.NetworkCredential($Username, $Password);
}
$SMTPClient.Send($Message)

Answer 2

Hi @Daniel Ovadia ,

I sent a txt file using the Send-MailMessage cmdlet and the hash values of the two files are identical. Can you check what the differences are between your two files?

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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