Sometimes I get emails which have been forwarded multiple times, and each
has the previous person's hash marks or vertical lines (on the left side).

Is there an easy way to eliminate them ?

Presently, I save any graphic inserts, copy all contents to Word, remove the
or | thingies and then copy it back to a new email and re-insert the
graphics. This is rather cumbersome at times.

TIA,

Hagen