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

[MURCON]

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?

 

[Brian Tillman]

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?

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.

 

[MURCON]

Thanks. Tedious but workable!

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.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Does this delete such emails before or after they come to my inbox? I
mean, do I see them before they are deleted? Thanks.

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.

 

[Trang]

Thanks a lot.

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.