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    You shouldn't lie to your students. And it will be incredibly obvious that you are if this email is sent in reply to the email they sent. Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 15:16
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    It is not a lie especially if you configure your mail filter Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 15:28
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    It is a lie, because the professor clearly did receive the email. Moreover, you should not try to 'shape' your students behavior through duplicitous manipulation anyway. And you should definitely not reject a project submission just because it hasn't got anything in the email body. Especially a group project, which would penalize all the other students in that group, not just the individual who submitted it. Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 15:31
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    Now that's what I call flexible morals. I'm somewhat impressed I must say - not many people would publicly admit to lying to their students just to get whatever superfluous behavioral change they want. Commented Jun 22, 2015 at 22:05
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    I would have no problem with a professor saying they wanted all e-mails to have a subject line. I would have no respect for a professor who blatantly lied to me rather than simply stating what they wanted. Commented Jun 30, 2015 at 14:07