Powershell send-mail message adding extra characters to subject line

Powershell send-mail message adding extra characters to subject line

I am using a very simple script to send an email to Support Center to automate the creation of a request for a report.

  2. $MessageContent = "
  3. Assign To John Doe

  5. Test Test Test

  7. "
  8. $Subjectline = 'Test Subject '


  11. Send-MailMessage -To "Support Center <support.center@manageengine.com>" `
  12. -From "John Doe <john.doe@email.com>" `
  13. -SmtpServer smtpserver@email.com `
  14. -Subject $Subjectline `
  15. -Body $MessageContent

I have specified the $MessageContent to include CR's without using -BodyAsHTML since plain text will work fine. When I specify the -Subject either as a variable(like I have shown in the script) or a string quoted inline, I get a request created with extra text in the Subject line.

E.g. I run the script above and I get a new request in Support Center with the Subject of "=?us-ascii?Q?Test Subject?=". This does not happen when I send the email to any other destination.