[CentOS] command line with < > and not wanting to redirect

Quoting Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com>:

> How do you format a command line that needs < >
> and they are not meant to redirect anything they are part of an   
> email address.
>
> command -f "Some Email <someemail at somedomain.com>" -x -y -z
>
> I tried putting a backslach in front of the < and > but that didnt do
> it either.

That's strange.  Your example (with double or single quotes) should  
work.  It surelly works for me:

$ echo "Some Email <someemail at somedomain.com>"
Some Email <someemail at somedomain.com>

Have you done something strange in your shell's config file?