diff --git a/slack/chat.py b/slack/chat.py
index fe28216..7a510e5 100644
--- a/slack/chat.py
+++ b/slack/chat.py
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 #
 from . import api
 from . import auth
-from urllib import request
 
 def postMessage(channel, text):
-    post = request.quote(text)
     api.call("chat.postMessage", token = auth.token(), channel = channel,
-             text = post, as_user = True, parse = "full")
+             text = text, as_user = True, parse = "full")
diff --git a/slackpost.py b/slackpost.py
index 641f6f2..f671de1 100755
--- a/slackpost.py
+++ b/slackpost.py
@@ -25,5 +25,13 @@ for c in slack.channels.list():
 if channel == None:
     sys.exit(1)
 
-text = headers.get_payload().split("\n")[0]
+lines = headers.get_payload().strip().split("\n")
+
+# Strip out quoted text
+if lines[-1][0] == ">":
+    while lines[-1][0] == ">":
+        lines.pop(-1)
+    lines.pop(-1)
+
+text = ' '.join(lines).strip()
 channel.post(text)