Uses COM to Look at yesterdays messages for a particular outlook account. Reporting Date, Subject and # Of Attachments

GetOutlookMessages.ps1

$email      = 'finked@hotmail.com'
$targetDate = (Get-Date).AddDays(-1).ToString("d") # yesterday

if(Get-Process outlook -ErrorAction Ignore) {
    return "Please stop Outlook and re-run"    
}

Write-Progress -Activity "Outlook" -Status "Connecting" 
if($script:outlook -eq $null) { $script:outlook = new-object -com outlook.application }

$olFolderInbox = 6 

Write-Progress -Activity "Outlook" -Status "Connecting to target mailbox" 
$ns       = $outlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
$account  = $ns.Folders | Where-Object {$PSItem.FolderPath -match $email}
$inbox    = $account.Folders|?{$_.name -eq 'inbox'}


Write-Progress -Activity "Outlook" -Status "Getting messages for $($targetDate)" 

($inbox.items.Restrict("[LastModificationTime] > '$($targetDate)'")) |
    sort LastModificationTime -Descending|
    ForEach {
        [PSCustomObject][Ordered]@{
            Date = $_.LastModificationTime 
            Subject = $_.Subject
            TotalAttachments=$_.Attachments.count
        }
    } | Out-GridView

$script:outlook.quit()
[void][System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::ReleaseComObject([System.__ComObject]$script:outlook) 
$script:outlook=$null

ps outlook | kill