Send-MailMessage change how From email address is displayed in Outlook

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When sending an email using PowerShell's Send-MailMessage -From 'Some person <[email protected]> Outlook will display the sender in the format of Some Person <[email protected]> yet when Outlook is used to send the email, the sender is displayed simply as Some Person

Is there any way to get the Send-MailMessage cmdlet to format the mail message so Outlook will only display the Name and not the Name + Email address?

Searching around on this topic returns plenty of "How to use Send-MailMessage" or answers using .net but doesn't really address this question directly.

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1 Answers

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The MailAddress class has a DisplayName property you can use to override this.

Unfortunately, Send-MailMessage only accepts a string as argument to the -From parameter

Try using the SmtpClient class manually, then overriding the display name of the from address with this MailAddress constructor:

# Create message, add From mailaddress with custom display name
$Message = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage
$Message.From = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailAddress '[email protected]','Some Person'
$Message.To.Add('[email protected]')
$Message.Subject = 'Exciting email!'
$Message.Body = @'
Hi Recipient

Check my cool display name in Outlook!

Regards
Some Person
'@

# Send using SmtpClient
$SmtpClient = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SmtpClient 'mailserver.fqdn'
$SmtpClient.Send($Message)