# Email subject not populating
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772
**Category:** General
**Created:** [4 June 2020 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772 "2020-06-04T14:04:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@whitecider](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/whitecider)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:04 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/1 "2020-06-04T14:04:24Z")
i am using the email node but for some reason the msg.topic value is not showing up in the subject line of the emails. does anyone know how to make it work?
```auto
[{"id":"f01171f6.f07ad","type":"status","z":"8dc4cb03.fcb688","name":"","scope":["f314ef06.b4e4e"],"x":90,"y":916,"wires":[["3d23c86.e110438"]]},{"id":"a9eee60d.ac5368","type":"e-mail","z":"8dc4cb03.fcb688","server":"0.0.0.0","port":"25","secure":false,"tls":false,"name":"cherio@yahoo.com","dname":"PowerMeter","x":881,"y":918,"wires":[]},{"id":"e8ce8b62.799208","type":"function","z":"8dc4cb03.fcb688","name":"","func":"if (msg.payload != \"active\"){\n msg.payload = \n ' Datalogger Communication Error'\n msg.topic = 'Datalogger Communication error';\n}\nelse {\n return;\n}\nreturn msg;","outputs":1,"noerr":0,"x":445,"y":916,"wires":[["d476e6c8.d1c298"]]},{"id":"3d23c86.e110438","type":"change","z":"8dc4cb03.fcb688","name":"","rules":[{"t":"set","p":"payload","pt":"msg","to":"status.text","tot":"msg"}],"action":"","property":"","from":"","to":"","reg":false,"x":269,"y":916,"wires":[["e8ce8b62.799208"]]},{"id":"b3f79eb2.22c21","type":"debug","z":"8dc4cb03.fcb688","name":"","active":true,"tosidebar":true,"console":false,"tostatus":false,"complete":"true","targetType":"full","x":822.5,"y":984,"wires":[]},{"id":"d476e6c8.d1c298","type":"delay","z":"8dc4cb03.fcb688","name":"","pauseType":"rate","timeout":"5","timeoutUnits":"seconds","rate":"1","nbRateUnits":"1","rateUnits":"hour","randomFirst":"1","randomLast":"5","randomUnits":"seconds","drop":true,"x":615,"y":914,"wires":[["b3f79eb2.22c21","a9eee60d.ac5368"]]},{"id":"5958347e.59a7ac","type":"inject","z":"8dc4cb03.fcb688","name":"","topic":"","payload":"failed","payloadType":"str","repeat":"","crontab":"","once":false,"onceDelay":0.1,"x":266.5,"y":971,"wires":[["e8ce8b62.799208"]]}]
```
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:30 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/2 "2020-06-04T14:30:45Z")
Show us what the debug node shows.
What version of the email node are you using? Check in the hamburger menu \> Manage pallete. In fact if you are not using the latest then try upgrading that first.
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/3 "2020-06-04T14:34:51Z")
Hilight the email note, then click the info tab and read the first sentence.
What does it say?
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### Author:  [@whitecider](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/whitecider)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/4 "2020-06-04T14:35:49Z")
this is what the debug shows..
this is what i get in outlook
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### Author:  [@whitecider](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/whitecider)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:36 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/5 "2020-06-04T14:36:41Z")
this may be the problem will try an update
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### Author:  [@whitecider](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/whitecider)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:39 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/6 "2020-06-04T14:39:53Z")
if you look in the flow i posted you will see that i have given a value to msg.topic and fed it into the email node...
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### Author:  [@zenofmud](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/zenofmud)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/7 "2020-06-04T14:41:16Z")
Sorry, I missed that - I'm running the 1.7.8 version and it works fine
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### Author:  [@whitecider](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/whitecider)
#### Post date: [4 June 2020 14:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/8 "2020-06-04T14:42:39Z")
I updated the email node and it works
thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [18 June 2020 14:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/email-subject-not-populating/27772/9 "2020-06-18T14:42:45Z")
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