Sending foreach output via email - powershell

Question

I have a script that is checking mirror status of databases. Output in Powershell is fine, but when I try to send it via mail, I'm getting "Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData" instead of data itself. I've tried to change it to Out-String but then I'm getting all results in one line. How this could be done to have formated output the same way as it is formated directly in PowerShell?
# rozszerzenie do obslugi
[System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo") | Out-Null;
$mail_from = "xxx";
$mail_to = "xxx";
$mail_subject = "Status mirrorowanych baz";
$mail_encoding = "UTF8";
$mail_smtp = "xxx";
# lista serwerow
$list = #("SERVER01V",
"SERVER02V"
);
$output = foreach($server in $list)
{
$srv = New-Object "Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server" $server;
# pokaz tylko mirrorowane
$databases = $srv.Databases | Where-Object {$_.IsMirroringEnabled -eq $true};
Write-Output "<br>==================================<br>";
Write-Output $server;
Write-Output "<br>==================================<br>";
$databases | Select-Object -Property Name, MirroringStatus | Format-Table -AutoSize | Out-String;
Write-Output "<br>";
}
$mail_body = $output;
Send-MailMessage -To $mail_to -From $mail_from -Subject $mail_subject -SmtpServer $mail_smtp -Encoding $mail_encoding -Body $mail_body -BodyAsHtml

Answer 1

You're currently sending a HTML mail. As such line breaks won't matter. If you want line breaks in your mail you either need to use text format or replace line breaks with a <br /> or something similar. It's probably going to be wise to have manually add <br /> in your look to have a consistent pattern and replace.

Answer 2

Try gather all data into an array, then use ConvertTo-HTML cmdlet, and the 'BodyAsHTML' switch in Send-MailMessage
$DatabaseArray=#()
ForEach ($server in $list) {
$srv = New-Object "Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server" $server
$DatabaseArray += $srv.Databases | Where-Object {$_.IsMirroringEnabled -eq $true} | Select-Object Name,MirroringStatus
}
$HTMLBody = $DatabaseArray | ConvertTo-HTML
Send-MailMessage -subject x -body $HTMLBody -BodyAsHTML