man: Update raw format documentation

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Austin Clements 2012-03-06 18:48:44 +00:00 committed by David Bremner
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.TP 4
.BR raw " (default for a single part, see \-\-part)"
For a message, the original, raw content of the email message is
output. Consumers of this format should expect to implement MIME
decoding and similar functions.
For a message or an attached message part, the original, raw content
of the email message is output. Consumers of this format should expect
to implement MIME decoding and similar functions.
For a single part (\-\-part) the raw part content is output after
performing any necessary MIME decoding.
performing any necessary MIME decoding. Note that messages with a
simple body still have two parts: part 0 is the whole message and part
1 is the body.
For a multipart part, the part headers and body (including all child
parts) is output.
The raw format must only be used with search terms matching single
message.