Configuring mail settings : Configuring proxies (transparent mode only) : About the transparent mode proxies
About the transparent mode proxies
FortiMail has two transparent proxies: an incoming proxy and an outgoing proxy. The proxies’ degree of transparency at the IP layer and at the SMTP layer varies by your configuration. Proxy behaviors are configured separately based on whether the SMTP connection is considered to be incoming or outgoing. Depending on your configuration, a FortiMail unit operating in transparent mode may implicitly use its built-in MTA instead.
Depending on your network topology, verify that email is not being scanned twice.
Incoming versus outgoing SMTP connections
Transparency of the proxies and built-in MTA
Avoiding scanning email twice
Relaying using FortiMail’s built-in MTA versus unprotected SMTP servers