Is there a setting to warn me that the "Subject" box is blank in an outgoing
Outlook 2003 email?

Charlie

No, but you can write VBA code for the Application_ItemSend event handler, e.g.:

Private Sub Application_ItemSend _
(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
If Item.Subject = "" Then
Cancel = True
MsgBox "Please fill in the subject before sending.", _
vbExclamation, "Missing Subject"
End If
End Sub

For a more elaborate version that also checks for expected attachments, see
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=553

And see http://outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=49 if you're just getting started with Outlook VBA.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Charlie Allnut" <null@null> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a setting to warn me that the "Subject" box is blank in an outgoing
> Outlook 2003 email?
>
> Charlie
>
>

"Charlie Allnut" <null@null> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a setting to warn me that the "Subject" box is blank in an
> outgoing Outlook 2003 email?

Nope. Nothing in the program. VBA Code could be written to do it, however,
if you're so inclined to do some programming.

--
f.h.

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"Charlie Allnut" <null@null> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is there a setting to warn me that the "Subject" box is blank in an
> outgoing
> Outlook 2003 email?
>
> Charlie
>
>

No, but you can write VBA code for the Application_ItemSend event handler,
e.g.:

Private Sub Application_ItemSend _
(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
If Item.Subject = "" Then
Cancel = True
MsgBox "Please fill in the subject before sending.", _
vbExclamation, "Missing Subject"
End If
End Sub

For a more elaborate version that also checks for expected attachments, see
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=553

And see http://outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=49 if you're just getting
started with Outlook VBA.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


Regrettably I'm not a programmer-- so I guess I'll have to do without and
occasionally look like a boob to my clients when I fire one off without a
Subject...

Charlie