Error Handler not catching Errors in PowerShell

Question

On my venture in learning PowerShell, I have hit into another issue which I would like to get your help in this.

I have a code below inside a try-catch but when an error occurs inside the try block it does not seem to send it to catch block.

The Code:

try{
        if ($isFileAvailable -gt 0){
             $hashArgumentWithAttachment = @{
                From = $From
                To = $To
                Subject = $Subject
                Body = $Body
                SmtpServer = $SMTPServer
                Port = $SMTPPort
                UseSsl = $true
                Credential = $smtpCredential 
                Attachments = $filePath
            }

            Send-MailMessage @hashArgumentWithAttachment
        }
        Else {
            $hashArgumentWithOutAttachment = @{
                From = $From
                To = $To
                Subject = $Subject
                Body = $Body
                SmtpServer = $SMTPServer
                Port = $SMTPPort
                UseSsl = $true
                Credential = $smtpCredential 
            }

            Send-MailMessage @hashArgumentWithoutAttachment
        }
        Write-Output "Emailed"
        break
    }catch { 
        Write-Output "Error Occured, No of Attempts So far: " + $attempts.ToString()
    }

On an instance where there is a Server connectivity error I expect to hit the catch block but instead it throws an error like this:

Try adding the erroraction to the cmdlet: Send-MailMessage -ErrorAction Stop — Bernard Moeskops
– Bernard Moeskops, Commented Apr 8, 2019 at 8:00
@BernardMoeskops thank you for your response. I think ErrorAction while solve my problem. Let me do some further testing and will have your answer confirmed! Thank you again! — hiFI
– hiFI, Commented Apr 8, 2019 at 8:39
@BernardMoeskops My tests seems to work well. Thank You very much. Mention it in the Answer section and I will have it confirmed in no time :) — hiFI
– hiFI, Commented Apr 9, 2019 at 4:04

Bernard Moeskops · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-09 07:34:43Z

1

Add ErrrorAction to the CMDLet:

Send-MailMessage @hashArgumentWithoutAttachment -ErrorAction Stop

Cheers!

answered Apr 9, 2019 at 7:34

Bernard Moeskops

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