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fnEPaccount
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April 15, 2021
Question

Fortimail and received URLs. Is Web Rating override possible?

  • April 15, 2021
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Hi, 

Is it possible on a fortimail (6.4.x) to implement Web Rating override on URLs contained on incoming emails?

 

Issue:

A colleague will send an email containing a URL to an internal resource, with an internal only domain name.

A response to the mail from the outside will be received by the fortimail which sees the internal domain as "Newly Observed Domain", and quarantined.

On a FortiOS based device, we could override this web rating. I don't see this option on the fortimail.

As it's an internal domain, it's unlikely to be accepted using https://www.fortiguard.com/webfilter

Workaround:

Fortimail's URL exemptions are a stopgap, but prone to failing with port / hostname changes. 

Not keen on using regex's due to lack of info (Just documented as perl-regex-alike), and possibility of creating a security hole.

 

1 reply

srahmat
Staff
Staff
March 11, 2025

Hi,

 

FortiMail in v6.4.x have option to exempt the URLs from FortiGuard URL and web filter.

Refer here: https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortimail/6.4.8/administration-guide/915170/configuring-the-fortiguard-url-filter#security_286816123_1715711