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How to blockquote region in Emacs

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Is there a command in emacs for "email quoting" an autofilled paragraph?

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Notes

I am using spacemacs, but I should be able to translate a vanilla emacs answer.

I usually encounter this in markdown-mode and text-mode.

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In markdown-mode, markdown-blockquote-region does the trick!

Bound to SPC m x Q or the shortcut , x Q in spacemacs.

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