Powershell Variable format

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I am trying to call a variable and use it as an -forwardingsmtpaddress in a command. Why can I type the email address in the command, it works. The variable is a string value. Is the header messing it up?

The variable and output is:

  $EmailAddress

  Emailaddress
 ----------------
 [email protected] 


 C:\Windows\system32> Set-Mailbox -identity $loginid -ForwardingSmtpAddress "$emailaddress"

 emailaddress                                                                                                                                 

 ------------                                                                                                                                 

 [email protected]                                                                                                                  

 ' isn't a valid SMTP address. Property Name: ForwardingSmtpAddress
 At C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp_eaj0q1mh.s1i\tmp_eaj0q1mh.s1i.psm1:51509 char:9
 +         $steppablePipeline.End()
 +         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (0:Int32) [Set-Mailbox], DataValidationException
 + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BDB22E0A,Microsoft.Exchange.Management.RecipientTasks.SetMailbox
 + PSComputerName        : mail01

Your variable is probably a PSObject rather than a string. Type $EmailAddress.GetType() to see its type. — Bill_Stewart
– Bill_Stewart, Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 17:49
@Bill_Stewart pegged it - if it were a string it wouldn't have the Emailaddress header when you get the value. — JNK
– JNK, Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 17:50
I piped it to get-member and see typename.system.string. But gettype shows name string and basetype as system.object. I can't call it when I type $emailaddres.emailaddress it is not listed as an option to choose and comes up blank. — Doms
– Doms, Commented Jul 24, 2014 at 21:34

mjolinor · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-24 17:50:13Z

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It looks like $emailaddress is an object with a property of emailaddress.

Try:

Set-Mailbox -identity $loginid -ForwardingSmtpAddress $emailaddress.emailaddress

Edit: if the variable really is a string then yes, that header is definitely going to mess it up.

answered Jul 24, 2014 at 17:50

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Doms Over a year ago

I had piped it to out-string when messing with it. Your solution worked except for the -forwardingsmtpaddress vs -forwardingaddress. I wanted the forwardingaddress so i can see it in the GUI.

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