--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/python/quotemail.py	Thu Jul 11 17:01:42 2013 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+quote as per email
+"""
+
+def prefix(text, quote='> '):
+    return '\n'.join(['%s%s' % (quote, line.rstrip())
+                      for line in text.strip().splitlines()])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    print prefix(sys.stdin.read())