Howto : Ensure to Include a Subject Line in Microsoft Outlook

Sending out emails without a subject line is bound to happen when we are engrossed with multiple activities. It’s probably OK with personal emails but when it comes to our official mails, it may not be a healthy practice. Remembering to put down a subject before getting to the body is one way to achieve it, but things may not always work out as planned.

Here is a small snippet that adds-on a functionality into your MS Outlook to remind you if there’s no subject line in place. It comes by default on some web emails (gmail).

1. Open Microsoft Outlook

2. Press Alt+F11 to open the Visual Basic editor

3. On the Left Pane you’ll see “Project1 ” under that “Microsoft Outlook Objects”, expand this. Now one can see the “ThisOutLookSession”.

4. Click on “ThisOutLookSession”.

5. Copy and Paste the following code in the right pane. (Code Pane)

Private Sub Application_ItemSend (ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)

Dim strSubject As String

strSubject = Item.Subject

If Len(strSubject) = 0 Then

Prompt$ = “Subject is Empty. Are you sure you want to send the Mail?”

If MsgBox(Prompt$, vbYesNo + vbQuestion + vbMsgBoxSetForeground, “Check for Subject”) = vbNo Then

Cancel = True

End If

End If

End Sub

Hit save and close the VB code editor.

Now trying sending out a mail without a subject line, you will know the consequence :).

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