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Is there a way to turn off the Subject Line reminder when sending an email?

Anonymous
2012-02-09T22:54:18+00:00

Outlook 2011 for Mac: I've searched far and wide, but cannot find a way to turn off the Subject Line reminder when sending an email. I send many emails daily that don't need a subject line, and this is a pain in the neck, pop-up reminder that can't be turned off? Heeelpppp!?!

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Anonymous
2012-02-09T23:55:26+00:00

This feature is not available in Outlook. Sorry!

If this is a feature that you consider useful, be sure to let Microsoft know by sending them feedback (via the Send Feedback command in Outlook’s Help menu)

http://www.microsoft.com/mac/product-feedback

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  1. Anonymous
    2012-02-12T15:28:31+00:00

    Thanks for your response....and, well, when I write to my mother and father and my sisters and friends (who live far away) every few days, and my boyfriend, all of whom I know quite well  - frankly, I don't think I need a "subject" in the subject line, and I don't think it's really important to them either.

    If others find it necessary or useful to be reminded to put a subject in the subject line on every single e-mail they send - that's their prerogative, but there should be a toggle feature to turn it off or on.

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-02-12T19:28:31+00:00

    I think I may have to remove my post/question as no-one is really "getting" what I'm saying. It is simply this: for those who KNOW their recipients don't require a subject line when recieving emails from certain people, there ought to be a toggle switch to turn this function on or off.

    For the record: I took English composition in college and have read Strunk & White's "Elements of Style," and - for business correspondence - I understand the necessity of a more formal approach. I indeed use this formal approach in ALL my professional dealings. But, as I mentioned in the post just prior to this:

    I am writing to my mother and father and my sisters and friends (who live far away) every few days, and my boyfriend, all of whom know me quite well. I don't think that writing quick notes to them requires  adhering to the same parameters as business correspondence. If my close relatives  get an email from me but don't want to hear what I have to say simply because it wasn't prefaced with a subject line, then I have bigger problems than e-mail etiquette.

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-02-12T18:55:58+00:00

    I doubt my opinion is going to change your mind if it's steadfast that a subject isn't important. My guess, however, is that you're probably in the very, very small minority of folks who don't think a subject is important.

    Believe it or not I actually tried to Google the importance of email
    subjects and all I could really find was information about why it's
    useful for business. Nobody's really said it's important for casual
    and personal correspondence and I can't personally give any reason
    why it should be required either.  
    
    But I can tell you that I personally find receiving messages with
    "<no subject>" very disconcerting. I receive a lot of email
    each day and can't imagine what it would be like if they all said
    "<no subject>". Having to read the body of every message
    (personal, business, mailing list, forwarded jokes or spam) just to
    know what it's about would be laborious and time-consuming  
    
    Yes, I'm trying to persuade you to use subjects. :-) Why? There's an
    etiquette to email just like there's an etiquette to writing
    something on paper. An essay has a title and introductory paragraph.
    A letter to someone often starts "Dear so-and-so" or maybe just
    "Hi!" A newspaper article has a headline. These set the tone for
    what's to follow.  
    
    The subject of an email message is the introduction to the message
    itself.  
    
    And why do we write this way? Because we *want* folks to read
    what we have to say. If you don't think your message is worthy of a
    subject then why do you think it's worth reading? At least offer
    your recipient the courtesy of letting him know what you're going to
    say.
    

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-02-11T23:51:57+00:00

    I'm curious as to why a subject is not important to you and why you

    think it's not important to your recipients.

    If you're using email as something like instant messaging then maybe you

    should consider an instant messaging solution instead. iChat or

    Messenger would work well.

    Hope this helps!

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