Hey, my formatting can suck too but, when there is a URL, why didn't you go to it and cut and paste, thus avoiding the ugly >>>>> carrots?
To wipe out those >>>> get a free, shareware tool called eCLEANER.
Another free tool, to cut down the spam is, Mailcleaner.
This is the URL to the Herman, http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm SectionID=11&ItemID=3948
If that URL is broken, http://tinyurl.com/i1bu