How to block emails with no subject in Outlook?

Author: Xiaoyang Last Modified: 2024-09-03

Have you ever suffered with receiving some emails with no subject text within your Outlook? If you are painful with this problem, with this article, you may find the ways to help you to block the emails with no subject automatically in Outlook.

Block emails with no subject in Outlook with creating new rule

Block emails with no subject in Outlook with a uesful feature

> Block emails with no subject in Outlook with creating new rule

In Outlook, you can create a rule to block the blank subject messages and put them to Junk folder. Please do with the following steps:

1. Launch your Outlook, and click Home > Rules > Manage Rules & Alerts, see screenshot:

steps on blocking emails with no subject in Outlook with creating new rule

2. In the Rules and Alerts dialog box, click E-mail Rules tab, and select the account folder you want to apply the rule, then click New Rule option, see screenshot:

3. In the Rules Wizard, please select Apply rule on messages I receive from the Start from a blank rule section, see screenshot:

4. Then click Next button to go to the next step wizard, and go on clicking Next button, and a warning message will pop out, click Yes, see screenshot:

5. In the next wizard, check move it to the specified folder option under the Step 1, and in the Step 2 section, click the word specified and choose the Junk Email where you want to put the blank subject emails, see screenshot:

6. Then click OK > Next, in the next wizard, please do the following operations:

(1.) In the Step 1, check except if the subject contains specific words option;
(2.) In the Step 2, click specific words to open the Search Text box;
(3.) In the Search Text box, enter the letter from a to z, A to Z, and 0 to 9 into the text box and click Add button to insert these letters and numbers into the Search list box one by one.

7. After typing the letters and numbers, please click OK > Next, and in the last wizard, specify a name for this rule as you need, and then check Turn on this rule under the Step 2 section, see screenshot:

8. At last, click Finish button to return the Rules and Alerts dialog, and click OK to take this rule effect, and from now on, when you receive emails which have no subject next time, these emails will be moved to the Junk Email folder automatically.

Note: This rule will also block the emails which subject contain some special characters, such as Chinese characters, Latin characters, etc., except the English word and Arabic numbers.

> Block emails with no subject in Outlook with a uesful feature

The above method may be somewhat difficult and complex for us, besides, it has some limitations, in this case, I can recommend a handy tool-Kutools for Outlook, with its Junk feature, you can set a rule and block the emails with no subject quickly and easily.

After installing Kutools for Outlook, please do as follows: ( Download Kutools for Outlook Now! )

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1. Click Kutools > Junk > Enable Junk Email Filter to activate this feature, see screenshot:

steps on blocking emails with no subject in Outlook with kutools for outlook

2. And then, a prompt box will pop up, please click OK button, see screenshot:

3. Then, click Kutools > Junk > Rule Manage to go to the Junk Email Filter Manager, see screenshot:

4. In the Junk Email Filter Manager dialog box, click New button, see screenshot:

5. In the Junk Rule Wizard, check subject contain specific word option, and then click contain hyperlink text, in the Condition box, choose is empty from the drop down list, see screenshots:

6. Click OK to return to the Junk Rule Wizard, and then, click Next button, see screenshot:

steps on blocking emails with no subject in Outlook with ckutools for outlook

7. In the following Junk Rule Wizard, go on clicking Next button without checking anything, see screenshot:

8. In the last Junk Rule Wizard, specify the rule name, rule note and other options as you need, see screenshot:

9. Click Ok to go back to the Junk Email Filter Manager dialog box, with the new creasted rule checkincg, and click Ok to close it, see screenshot:

From now on, when you receive the emails which have no subject, they will be moved to the Junk Email folder automatically.

Please download Kutools for Outlook freely and try it now!

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