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What's New

The following table summarizes the new features and enhancements in this release. For details, see the FortiMail Administration Guide.

Feature

Description

FortiNDR (FortiAI) Integration

FortiNDR malware detection server has been integrated into the antivirus profile.

FortiAnalyzer Cloud Integration

FortiMail can send logs to FortiAnalyzer Cloud.

Email Continuity Enhancements

  • Internal email: Captures internal-to-internal email for Email Continuity.
  • BCC self: Added "BCC self" option to Email Continuity in resource profile.
  • Address book synchronization: LDAP address book can be synchronized to FortiMailat configured intervals.
  • Authentication improvements.

Mail Queue Search Enhancement

Added sending, deleting, and delivering to alternative host functions in mail queue search. Also added REST API support for these functions.

Quarantined Email Attachment Download Control

Added control in the resource profile to disable/enable webmail users' attachment download of their personal quarantines.

Authenticated Received Chain (ARC) Support

Support ARC validation and sealing.

Header Removal

Added header removal to content and DLP action profiles.

Configuration Control

Added CLI commands to restrict domain level admins to make changes to some settings.

Redirector URL Enhancement

Try to resolve all URLs to their final destinations.

Classifier Variables

Added classifier variables to notification message templates and increased notification profiles for some models.

Mail Routing Relay Type

Added mail host as the relay type to mail routing in MTA Advanced Control.

DMARC Enhancement

Use DMARC record's policy and take corresponding actions.

Support MTA-STS

Support MTA-STS domain checking.

MSSP Advanced Management Features

  • Per domain statistics: In addition to system level mail statistics, per domain statistics metrics can be generated and viewed.
  • Intra domain protection: Both incoming and outgoing recipient policies can be applied between protected domains of different tenants.
  • New attribute fields for customer management: some domain admin settings can only be configured by system admin.
Recipient Verification

Added "discard" action to recipient verification failures.

Web Filter Local Category

Support web filter local categories and rating override under Security > URL Filter > Local Category and Security > URL Filter > Override Rating.

In previous releases, CLI command "config antispam url-fgas-exempt-list" is used to configure the URL exempt list. Starting from 7.2.0 release, CLI command "config system webfilter local-rating" will be used instead.

Maturity Levels of GA Releases

New GA releases will be tagged as "Maturity" or "Feature" release.

The Feature tag indicates that the firmware release includes new features.

The Maturity tag indicates that the firmware release includes no new, major features. Maturity firmware will contain bug fixes and vulnerability patches where applicable.

New Variables in Quarantine Summary

Added "ORIG_ENVOLOPE_TO" and "ORIG_TO" (Header To) to quarantine summary reports.

External Email Warning

Added an option in incoming disclaimers for external email only.

Description Fields

Added description/comment fields to some settings.

REST API Rate Limit

Added rate limit control to REST API access.

CLI Access Control

Added privilege levels to access CLI in admin profiles.

Utility Menu

Grouped a few utilities under System menu.

  • Added .msg to .eml converter
  • Added regular expression validator

MAIL FROM Customization

Added option to customize Mail From attribute under SMTP Recipient Address Verification in domain settings.

Block/Safe List Tracking

Added auto aging and retention option to the block/safe lists.

Replacement Custom Message Enhancement

Separate replacement messages for body and attachment parts.

URL Neutralization

Added URL neutralization action to CDR and content profile actions.

FortiSandbox URL Submission Exception

Added option to bypass one-time URLs.

DSN EHLO/HELO Argument Customization

The DSN EHLO/HELO argument can be set to host name, domain name, or other customized name. The default is host name.

URL Checking

Resolve URLs to their final destinations before FortiGuard query.

New execute factoryreset2 Command

Reset the FortiMail unit to its default settings for the currently installed firmware version, while retaining all network settings.

MS365 Protection

  • Added individual actions for IP reputation in MS365 antispam profiles.
  • Added sender and recipient filtering.
  • When set to on-policy-match, Microsoft 365 History, Mail Event, Antivirus, and Antispam log entries will only be logged upon policy match.

Load Balancer

Support load balancer on Azure and Oracle Cloud platform.

IP Pool Behavior Change

(Same feature as introduced in 7.0.3) The following CLI command has been added to control IP pool usage.

config system mailserver

set ip-pool-direction [ all | exclude-internal-to-internal]

end

With the new "exclude-internal-to-internal" option, the IP pools will not be applied to the internal-to-internal email. The default setting is "all".

SSO Workflow Enhancement

Workflow and GUI enhancements.

What's New

The following table summarizes the new features and enhancements in this release. For details, see the FortiMail Administration Guide.

Feature

Description

FortiNDR (FortiAI) Integration

FortiNDR malware detection server has been integrated into the antivirus profile.

FortiAnalyzer Cloud Integration

FortiMail can send logs to FortiAnalyzer Cloud.

Email Continuity Enhancements

  • Internal email: Captures internal-to-internal email for Email Continuity.
  • BCC self: Added "BCC self" option to Email Continuity in resource profile.
  • Address book synchronization: LDAP address book can be synchronized to FortiMailat configured intervals.
  • Authentication improvements.

Mail Queue Search Enhancement

Added sending, deleting, and delivering to alternative host functions in mail queue search. Also added REST API support for these functions.

Quarantined Email Attachment Download Control

Added control in the resource profile to disable/enable webmail users' attachment download of their personal quarantines.

Authenticated Received Chain (ARC) Support

Support ARC validation and sealing.

Header Removal

Added header removal to content and DLP action profiles.

Configuration Control

Added CLI commands to restrict domain level admins to make changes to some settings.

Redirector URL Enhancement

Try to resolve all URLs to their final destinations.

Classifier Variables

Added classifier variables to notification message templates and increased notification profiles for some models.

Mail Routing Relay Type

Added mail host as the relay type to mail routing in MTA Advanced Control.

DMARC Enhancement

Use DMARC record's policy and take corresponding actions.

Support MTA-STS

Support MTA-STS domain checking.

MSSP Advanced Management Features

  • Per domain statistics: In addition to system level mail statistics, per domain statistics metrics can be generated and viewed.
  • Intra domain protection: Both incoming and outgoing recipient policies can be applied between protected domains of different tenants.
  • New attribute fields for customer management: some domain admin settings can only be configured by system admin.
Recipient Verification

Added "discard" action to recipient verification failures.

Web Filter Local Category

Support web filter local categories and rating override under Security > URL Filter > Local Category and Security > URL Filter > Override Rating.

In previous releases, CLI command "config antispam url-fgas-exempt-list" is used to configure the URL exempt list. Starting from 7.2.0 release, CLI command "config system webfilter local-rating" will be used instead.

Maturity Levels of GA Releases

New GA releases will be tagged as "Maturity" or "Feature" release.

The Feature tag indicates that the firmware release includes new features.

The Maturity tag indicates that the firmware release includes no new, major features. Maturity firmware will contain bug fixes and vulnerability patches where applicable.

New Variables in Quarantine Summary

Added "ORIG_ENVOLOPE_TO" and "ORIG_TO" (Header To) to quarantine summary reports.

External Email Warning

Added an option in incoming disclaimers for external email only.

Description Fields

Added description/comment fields to some settings.

REST API Rate Limit

Added rate limit control to REST API access.

CLI Access Control

Added privilege levels to access CLI in admin profiles.

Utility Menu

Grouped a few utilities under System menu.

  • Added .msg to .eml converter
  • Added regular expression validator

MAIL FROM Customization

Added option to customize Mail From attribute under SMTP Recipient Address Verification in domain settings.

Block/Safe List Tracking

Added auto aging and retention option to the block/safe lists.

Replacement Custom Message Enhancement

Separate replacement messages for body and attachment parts.

URL Neutralization

Added URL neutralization action to CDR and content profile actions.

FortiSandbox URL Submission Exception

Added option to bypass one-time URLs.

DSN EHLO/HELO Argument Customization

The DSN EHLO/HELO argument can be set to host name, domain name, or other customized name. The default is host name.

URL Checking

Resolve URLs to their final destinations before FortiGuard query.

New execute factoryreset2 Command

Reset the FortiMail unit to its default settings for the currently installed firmware version, while retaining all network settings.

MS365 Protection

  • Added individual actions for IP reputation in MS365 antispam profiles.
  • Added sender and recipient filtering.
  • When set to on-policy-match, Microsoft 365 History, Mail Event, Antivirus, and Antispam log entries will only be logged upon policy match.

Load Balancer

Support load balancer on Azure and Oracle Cloud platform.

IP Pool Behavior Change

(Same feature as introduced in 7.0.3) The following CLI command has been added to control IP pool usage.

config system mailserver

set ip-pool-direction [ all | exclude-internal-to-internal]

end

With the new "exclude-internal-to-internal" option, the IP pools will not be applied to the internal-to-internal email. The default setting is "all".

SSO Workflow Enhancement

Workflow and GUI enhancements.