Hi, all.

Thanks to Ray from the list, I got what I needed to solve this problem, and 
it is possible to do in Outlook Express.

Here's Ray's message from last night.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray T. Mahorney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: Off topic Outlook Express Question

in the send tab under plain text settings you will find a check box which 
says indent the original text with when that box is checked, you will see a 
combo box and the default appears to be the greater than sign.  uncheck that 
box and that should clear up the greater sign issue.