Powershell Receive Connector Script

[Pdog]

Hello,

I have created a simple Powershell script to list the Receive Connectors on a particular server.

$Server = get-ExchangeServer -Identity "ServerName"
$RcvConnector = Get-ReceiveConnector -server "ServerName"


foreach ($Connector in $RcvConnector)

{
"================================================= ======"
"Server Name: " +$Server.Name
" "
" "
"Connector Name: " +$Connector.Name
" "
" "
"IP Ranges: " + $Connector.RemoteIpRanges
" "
" "
"PermissionGroups: " + $Connector.PermissionGroups
" "
" "
" "
"================================================= ======= "
}


I can output the script by using the out-file command from the Shell.

I have one problem though, one of the connectors has a lot of RemoteIPs. When I run the script these IP addresses are not on a single line, they are wrapped which in turn makes hard to read and if I ever needed them would take a long time to decipher!

I have tried adding | fl at the end of this line: "IP Ranges: " + $Connector.RemoteIpRanges | fl

This makes no difference. Does anyone have an idea how I can force the output to have an IP address on a single line (rather than it being wrapped?)


Cheers

Pdog

[PaulCunningham]

Quick and dirty solution:

$Server = get-ExchangeServer -Identity "servername"
$RcvConnector = Get-ReceiveConnector -server $Server


foreach ($Connector in $RcvConnector)

{
   "======================================================="
   "Server Name: " +$Server.Name
   " "
   " "
   "Connector Name: "  +$Connector.Name
   " "
   " "
   "IP Ranges: "
   foreach ($ip in $Connector.RemoteIPRanges)
   {
 	$ip
   }
   " "
   " "
   "PermissionGroups: " + $Connector.PermissionGroups
   " "
   " "
   " "
   "======================================================== "
}

When you run that you'll probably notice the new problem it potentially creates for you :-)

[Pdog]

Hi Paul,

That worked great! thanks for the reply! I inspected the txt file afterwards and could not see any new problem!

Cheers for the additional code. Hopefully others will find it useful.

P.S I currently keep all my Powershell commands in a notepad file, with some text reminding me of what each script does.

Can anyone recommend an editor whereby the comments can be in a different colour?

I know there is the PowerGUI or Notepad++ I just wondered what other people use to store their scripts?

I did try Notepad++ but I could not get the comment lines to appear in a different colour, maybe I'll give it another whirl when I have 5 minutes!.

[PaulCunningham]

I use PowerGUI every day, it is very good. Highly recommended.

[Chris]

I too use PowerGUI every day, it's truly a fantastic product. I have my scripts synced to my dropbox (with the %dropbox%\scripts\ path as my default location in PowerShell). I use the format:
%dropbox%\scripts\Get-Whatever\Get-Whatever.ps1 for scripts
%dropbox%\scripts\Modules\ModuleName\Module.psm1 for modules
etc.

Also, have a look at the "ExpandProperty" parameter on the "Select-Object" cmdlet, as it may prove useful in this situation.

[Pdog]

Thanks for the information, I have started to use PowerGUI, I have created a folder in the Administrative Console and placed my scripts under this folder. I have six scripts listed under this folder, and I would like to take a copy of them. I have looked in the following directories:

C:\Documents and Settings\Name\Application Data\Quest Software\PowerGUI\Scripts
C:\Program Files\PowerGUI

Any ideas?

[Chris]

Pdog,

I'm not sure where (if anywhere) PowerGUI leaves its scripts as files. I use the PowerGUI Script Editor for editing my scripts, the console a bit less. I'd suggest leaving your scripts sitting on the file system then just copy/reference inside PowerGUI Console.

[Pdog]

Sounds Like a Plan, Thanks. I was also experimenting with some of Paul's script in PowerGUI, took me about 30 minutes to realise I had enable the "Messages" view, in order to see the output

BTW Paul I see the issue with the script, The script in its current state will only work with the server name specified. It won't work if the server is not specified.

[Pdog]

Here is my completed script,

Hopefully someone else will find it useful

$Server = get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.ServerRole -ne "Mailbox"}

$RcvConnector = $server | ForEach-Object {Get-ReceiveConnector}

foreach ($Connector in $RcvConnector)

{
   "======================================================="
   "Server Name: "  +$Connector.Server
   " "
   " "
   "Connector Name: "  +$Connector.Name
   " "
   " "
   "IP Ranges: "
   foreach ($ip in $Connector.RemoteIPRanges)
   {
 	$ip
   }
   " "
   " "
   "PermissionGroups: " + $Connector.PermissionGroups
   " "
   " "
   " "
   "======================================================== "
}

[Chris]

Looks good! Glad you got it sorted out


Edit:
One thing that may interest you:

PS> "hello`nthis is on a new line"
hello

this is on a new line

Placing `n in a string inserts a line break. Instead of having multiple lines of " ", you could simply use: "`n`n`n".