List lSubject; string strSubject; string strTest=""; string strCheck = "[P]"; if(pEmailHeaders.ContainsKey("subject")) { lSubject = pEmailHeaders["subject"]; strSubject = lSubject[0]; if(strSubject.Length>3) { strTest = strSubject.Substring(0,3); } if(strTest == strCheck) { lSubject[0] = strSubject.Substring(strCheck.Length,strSubject.Length-strCheck.Length); pEmailHeaders["subject"] = lSubject; return true; } } return false;