# Method MIME.Message()->setencoding()

Method setencoding

  ``void` setencoding(`string` `encoding`)`

Description

  Select a new transfer encoding for this message.

  The `Content-Transfer-Encoding` header will be modified accordingly, and subsequent calls to getencoded will produce data encoded using the new encoding.

  See MIME.encode() for a list of valid encodings.

See also

  getencoded(), MIME.encode()