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# MEMessage

An object that contains information about a mail message, such as the subject, addressees, date sent, and the message contents.

```
class MEMessage
```

## Topics

### Accessing the Sender and Recipients

[`fromAddress`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/fromAddress)

The sender’s email address.

[`toAddresses`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/toAddresses)

An array of email addresses for the primary recipients of the message.

[`ccAddresses`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/ccAddresses)

An array of email addresses for the secondary recipients of the message.

[`bccAddresses`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/bccAddresses)

An array of email addresses for the concealed tertiary recipients of the message.

[`replyToAddresses`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/replyToAddresses)

An array of email addresses to use when replying to the message.

[`allRecipientAddresses`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/allRecipientAddresses)

An array of email addresses for all recipients of the message.

### Accessing the Message Subject

[`subject`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/subject)

The subject of the message.

### Accessing the Sent and Received Dates

[`dateSent`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/dateSent)

The date the sender sent the message.

[`dateReceived`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/dateReceived)

The date that the recipient received the message.

### Accessing Message Content

[`headers`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/headers)

A dictionary that contains the message’s header values.

[`rawData`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/rawData)

The raw RFC 2822 header and body content of the message.

### Accessing Message State

[`state`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/state)

The state of the mail message.

### Instance Properties

[`encryptionState`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessage/encryptionState)


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