How do I block email messages in Outlook that have no subject or .

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I get email all the time from spammers who put no subject and no content in
the message. How do I set up a rule or something to automatically delete
these messages?
 
MURCON said:
I get email all the time from spammers who put no subject and no
content in the message. How do I set up a rule or something to
automatically delete these messages?
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One approach would be to create a rule that dletes ALL messages and then
specify the "except if the subject contains specific words" test. For the
"specific words", add strings that each are a single letter or digit,
including every letter and digit, like:

"a" or
"b" or
"c" or
....
"8" or
"9" or
"0"

Then, any message whose subject is either empty or contains only punctuation
will be deleted. You can take the same approach with the body.
 
Thanks. Tedious but workable!

Brian Tillman said:
One approach would be to create a rule that dletes ALL messages and then
specify the "except if the subject contains specific words" test. For the
"specific words", add strings that each are a single letter or digit,
including every letter and digit, like:

"a" or
"b" or
"c" or
....
"8" or
"9" or
"0"

Then, any message whose subject is either empty or contains only punctuation
will be deleted. You can take the same approach with the body.
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Does this delete such emails before or after they come to my inbox? I mean,
do I see them before they are deleted? Thanks.
 
Trang said:
Does this delete such emails before or after they come to my inbox? I
mean, do I see them before they are deleted? Thanks.
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All mail arrives in your Inbox, always. Rules operate on new messages in
the Inbox. So, there may be a small time period when they'd be visible in
the Inbox, but rules operate fairly quickly after mail arrival.
 
Thanks a lot.

Brian Tillman said:
All mail arrives in your Inbox, always. Rules operate on new messages in
the Inbox. So, there may be a small time period when they'd be visible in
the Inbox, but rules operate fairly quickly after mail arrival.
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