There seems to be a pretty standard practise 'template' for replying to messages on other email clients which looks something like
-----Original Message-----
From: Foo Bar [mailto:foo@bar.com]
Sent: 02 February 2005 11:09
To: 'Geoffrey Cross'
Subject: Something
Your message
whereas chatter seems to limit itself to
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In response to:
Can I put in a request in for the more standard format? Or a choice?