Send-MailMessage $Subject Mandatory=$true #4043
Description
Not a bug, but a request for "Send-MailMessage" cmdlet
$From = $email
$To = $Number
$Body = "Something"
$Subject = $null
$SMTPServer = "smtp.gmail.com"
$SMTPPort = "587"
Send-MailMessage -From $From -to $To -Subject $Subject `
-Body $Body -SmtpServer $SMTPServer -port $SMTPPort -UseSsl `
-Credential $CredRESULT:
Send-MailMessage : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Subject'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then try the command again.
At line:8 char:52
+ -Body $Body -SmtpServer $SMTPServer -Subject $Subject -port $SM ...
+ ~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Send-MailMessage], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SendMailMessage
CAUSE:
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true, Position=1)]
[Alias('sub')]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[string]
${Subject},
Emails do not require subjects to be present. However, in the Send-MailMessage cmdlet, the $subject parameter is set to "Mandatory=$true". Since an email does not require a subject, this should really be set to "$false".
I've created my own workaround this, but I feel that this should be changed since a subject is not imperative for an email to be sent.