Title: Configuration error found?
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Configuration error found?

 *  [squabster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/squabster/)
 * (@squabster)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-error-found/)
 * Hi I’m getting a “1 configuration error found” message. When I go to the Mail
   settings I see the “Subject” field is blank, and below in red text it says “This
   field can be empty depending on user input.” Soooo do I need to add something
   or ignore the error message? Also I’m not even sure if this is the error, how
   do I know?
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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-error-found/#post-7320789)
 * Either make the field required in the FORM `[text* your-subject]` or add some
   text to the MAIL >> Subject field. E.g. `Re: [your-subject]`
 * This was it cannot be empty and fall foul of: “As there is no subject this message
   may be spam” mail filtering rules.

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 * Last activity: [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/configuration-error-found/#post-7320789)
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