Cloudflare mail proxy
Cloudflare Mail Proxy is a service offered by Cloudflare that allows organizations to proxy their email traffic through Cloudflare's network. This service provides several benefits, including:
- Improved security: Cloudflare's Mail Proxy service provides an additional layer of security for email traffic by scanning emails for malware, viruses, and other threats before they reach your email servers.
- Enhanced filtering: Cloudflare's Mail Proxy service allows you to set up custom filtering rules to block or allow specific types of emails based on criteria such as sender, recipient, subject, and content.
- Improved deliverability: Cloudflare's Mail Proxy service helps improve email deliverability by ensuring that emails are properly formatted and comply with email protocols.
- Reduced spam: Cloudflare's Mail Proxy service uses advanced algorithms to identify and block spam emails, reducing the amount of unwanted email that reaches your inbox.
- Simplified email management: Cloudflare's Mail Proxy service provides a centralized management interface for managing email traffic, making it easier to monitor and control email activity.
Here's how Cloudflare Mail Proxy works:
- Email traffic is routed through Cloudflare: When an email is sent to your organization, it is routed through Cloudflare's network.
- Cloudflare scans the email: Cloudflare's Mail Proxy service scans the email for malware, viruses, and other threats.
- Email is filtered and processed: Cloudflare's Mail Proxy service applies custom filtering rules to the email, blocking or allowing specific types of emails based on your settings.
- Email is delivered to your email server: The filtered and processed email is then delivered to your email server.
Cloudflare Mail Proxy is available as a standalone service or as part of Cloudflare's broader suite of security and performance products.