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 AshrafJun 27, 2011 at 12:00
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4yes, it doesn't give any results– eigeneinJun 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 SelitskiyJun 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.– eigeneinJun 27, 2011 at 19:45
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they might have patched up that hole then– Dmitry SelitskiyJun 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".– gerritFeb 13, 2013 at 17:03
under Has Words Column write:
subject:{}