How to create a MSG file with CC with PowerShell? - powershell

Question

I try to create a msg file with powershell. I could already add the subject, and the receiver. but I can not add a CC.
This is what I have so far:
$obj = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application
$mail = $obj.CreateItem(0)
$Mail.Recipients.Add("email#email.com")
$Mail.Recipients.Type = olCC
$Mail.Recipients.Add("email2#email.com")
$Mail.Recipients.Add("email3#email.com")
$Mail.Subject = "Some Subject"
$Mail.Body = "test mail with powershell"
$Mail.Attachments.Add("c:\Users\se\Desktop\Attachment.txt")
$mail.SaveAs("c:\Users\se\Desktop\test.msg")
c:\Users\se\Desktop\test.msg
I tried to change the Recipient object from the default ("To") to CC but this doesn't work.

Answer 1

Per the documentation you need to change the type on the recipient objects, not on the Recipients collection before adding the recipients.
$cc = $Mail.Recipients.Add("email2#email.com")
$cc.Type = 2
$cc = $Mail.Recipients.Add("email3#email.com")
$cc.Type = 2
Also, olCC is not a valid constant in PowerShell. You need to either assign the numeric value of the constant (see above), define the constant yourself
$olCC = 2
# alternatively, if you want $olCC to be an actual constant:
#New-Variable -Name olCC -Value 2 -Option Constant
...
$cc = $Mail.Recipients.Add("email2#email.com")
$cc.Type = $olCC
$cc = $Mail.Recipients.Add("email3#email.com")
$cc.Type = $olCC
or look up the value in the Interop assembly (untested):
Add-Type -AssemblyName Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook
...
$cc = $Mail.Recipients.Add("email2#email.com")
$cc.Type = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Constants]::olCC
$cc = $Mail.Recipients.Add("email3#email.com")
$cc.Type = [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Constants]::olCC