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# MEEncodedOutgoingMessage

An object that contains the signed or encrypted representation of a message’s RFC 2822 data.

```
class MEEncodedOutgoingMessage
```

## Overview

When MailKit invokes your message security handler’s [`encode(_:composeContext:completionHandler:)`](/documentation/MailKit/MEMessageEncoder/encode(_:composeContext:completionHandler:)) method, it digitally signs and encrypts the message. After encoding the message data, create an instance of [`MEEncodedOutgoingMessage`](/documentation/MailKit/MEEncodedOutgoingMessage) to pass back to MailKit. Set the [`isSigned`](/documentation/MailKit/MEEncodedOutgoingMessage/isSigned) and [`isEncrypted`](/documentation/MailKit/MEEncodedOutgoingMessage/isEncrypted) values to indicate how you encoded the message.

## Topics

### Encoding Outgoing Messages

[`init(rawData:isSigned:isEncrypted:)`](/documentation/MailKit/MEEncodedOutgoingMessage/init(rawData:isSigned:isEncrypted:))

Creates an object that contains the outgoing message’s encoded data, and indicates if the encoder encrypted or signed the message.

[`isEncrypted`](/documentation/MailKit/MEEncodedOutgoingMessage/isEncrypted)

A Boolean value that indicates if the message encoder encrypted the message.

[`isSigned`](/documentation/MailKit/MEEncodedOutgoingMessage/isSigned)

A Boolean value that indicates if the message encoder signed the message.

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

The encrypted, signed, or both encrypted and signed data for the outgoing message.


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