FortiMail units receive email for defined email domains and control relay of email to other domains. Email passing through the FortiMail unit can be scanned for viruses and spam. Policies and profiles govern how the FortiMail unit scans email and what it does with email messages containing viruses or spam. For information about policies, see “Configuring policies”. For information about profiles, see “Configuring profiles”.

In addition to policies and profiles, other configured items, such as email domains, may affect how your FortiMail unit processes email.