Console output to email in Powershell

Question

I am writing a powershell script for a monthly maintenance process. In order to track it I am using a try catch block that will send an email when it succeeds or fails. To do this I am using smtp. I am wondering how to write the console output to the email. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Having trouble getting started.

Thank you in advance.

This is what I recently tried but it didn't work:

catch {

$smtpServer = "example"
$msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
$smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
$msg.From = "example"
$msg.To.Add("example")
$msg.Subject = "MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FAILED!"
$msg.Body= Write-Error ("Monthly maintenance failed! Please investigate." + $_)
$smtp.Send($msg)
$msg.Dispose();

}

Answer 1

Q: What "Didn't work"?

SUGGESTION:

1) Write a sample script that deliberately triggers the error

2) Make sure you're successfully capturing the error text you want (you should be able to get it from $_ , like you're doing)

3) Make sure your e-mail parameters are correct

4) Divide and conquer: Powershell syntax first, E-Mail connectivity after.

My hunch is you'll need to debug your e-mail connectivity.

For example:

Try {
     1/0  # throw "divide by zero"
}    
Catch {
     $errmsg = "Monthly maintenance failed! Please investigate." + $_
     Write-Console $errmsg

     $smtpServer = "example"
     $msg = new-object Net.Mail.MailMessage
     $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
     $msg.From = "example"
     $msg.To.Add("example")
     $msg.Subject = "MONTHLY MAINTENANCE FAILED!"
     $msg.Body= $errmsg
     $smtp.Send($msg)
     $msg.Dispose();

}