A MS TechNet article named "Use Outlook 2007 to help protect messages"
states that: "The reasons to use IRM have little to do with whether an
unauthorized person outside the organization-for example, a hacker on the
Internet-will intercept the communication. Instead, IRM is used most
efficiently when the sender is concerned that the intended recipient will
share the information inappropriately."

I was under the impression that applying IRM to an outgoing email also
encrypted the message. If so, why would microsoft make the above statement?

Will Fleenor