Concepts and workflow

Concepts and workflow

Concepts and workflow

This section describes some basic email concepts, how FortiMail works in general, and the tools that you can use to configure your FortiMail unit.

This section includes:

• Email protocols

• Client-server connections in SMTP

• The role of DNS in email delivery

• How FortiMail processes email

• FortiMail operation modes

• FortiMail high availability modes

• FortiMail management methods