Is there any workaround or way to filter or search for messages that have no subject line?
I can see there is no way to filter messages when some field is "missing".
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1did you try "subject:(no subject)"– Umair AshrafCommented Jun 27, 2011 at 12:00
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5yes, it doesn't give any results– eigeneinCommented Jun 27, 2011 at 12:21
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I have found this suggestion: google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/… but it did not work in my case. Give it a go– Dmitry SelitskiyCommented Jun 27, 2011 at 13:03
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This suggestion doesn't work too. I've found that this subject with '' value is simply ignored/removed from filter.– eigeneinCommented Jun 27, 2011 at 19:45
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they might have patched up that hole then– Dmitry SelitskiyCommented Jun 28, 2011 at 0:21
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5 Answers
You can consider writing a Google Script that will extract all emails with blank attachments. The script will be something like this:
var thread = GmailApp.getInboxThreads(0,1)[0];
var message = thread.getMessages()[0];
if (message.getSubject() == "") {
Logger.log(message.getID());
}
I tried to do this through the Google Script, but it can only process letters from the Inbox folder. And most likely there is a limit of 500 letters.
function findNoSubject() {
var labelName = "nosubject";
var label = GmailApp.createLabel(labelName);
var threads = GmailApp.getInboxThreads();
for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
var message = threads[i].getMessages()[0];
if (message.getSubject() == "") {
label.addToThread(threads[i]);
}
}
}
subject:(subject:"") does the trick for me
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1That simply returns all messages with the word "subject" in the title, including those that say "no subject", but also those with "test subjects needed".– gerritCommented Feb 13, 2013 at 17:03
under Has Words Column write:
subject:{}