How do you require a subject on an e-mail?

[Guest]

Is there a way to prevent sending an e-mail in OUTLOOK without the subject
field completed? There should be a way to set a warning or message that the
subject field is blank.

Yahoo!s e-mail system will automatically inform you if the subject field is
blank and ask if you want to send the message anyway.

Outlook should be able to do this.

Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Write 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://www.outlookcode.com/d/vbabasics.htm if you're just getting started with Outlook VBA.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers