On Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:29:39 +0000, Mark Walters <markwalters1009@gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the best way of exporting/saving as text a mime-encoded email
> from the emacs interface (e.g, if I want to save a mime-encoded
> email containing a patch)?

Maybe you're looking for '|'?  That will pipe the raw message to
whatever command is specified.

jamie.