Does something like this exist somewhere?

From: Steven M. Sawczyn (steve@sawczyn.com)
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 15:30:15 -0400

Does anyone know if a utility exists which can strip off all the > signs
off received Email? These > signs are really anoying to listen to with
a speech synthesizer, especially if the message has been forwarded
multiple times. Also, I would think the formatting of forwarded
messages could be improved if the >>> could somehow be stripped? Any
thoughts/suggestions?

Steve