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Outlook Rules msg w/ blank subject line

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by bgoldstein

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I have a user who would like to create a very specific rule in Outlook XP and I need to know if this type of rule is possible and how it would be created.

The rule description: permanently delete all e-mail messages where the subject line is blank, and return a reply stating, "I don't accept e-mail with a blank subject line."

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by an_it_guy

You can achieve this by using 'Junk mail filtering' in OutlookXP.
The below link gives a brief idea on how this can help you aviod just mails.

http://www.co.humboldt.ca.us/OutlookHelp/FilteringJunkMail.pdf

In your case, try to find the filters.txt file on the users' pc, and add a line that looks like:

Subject contains ""

...that is 'if subject contains nothing'.

Hope this works well for you.
Best of luck.

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