fortinet.fortios.fortios_emailfilter_profile module – Configure Email Filter profiles in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiGate.

Note

This module is part of the fortinet.fortios collection (version 2.3.8).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install fortinet.fortios. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: fortinet.fortios.fortios_emailfilter_profile.

New in fortinet.fortios 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS (FOS) device by allowing the user to set and modify emailfilter feature and profile category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.0

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ansible>=2.15

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

access_token

string

Token-based authentication. Generated from GUI of Fortigate.

emailfilter_profile

dictionary

Configure Email Filter profiles.

comment

string

Comment.

external

string

Enable/disable external Email inspection.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

feature_set

string

Flow/proxy feature set.

Choices:

  • "flow"

  • "proxy"

file_filter

dictionary

File filter.

entries

list / elements=dictionary

File filter entries.

action

string

Action taken for matched file.

Choices:

  • "log"

  • "block"

comment

string

Comment.

file_type

list / elements=dictionary

Select file type.

name

string / required

File type name. Source antivirus.filetype.name.

filter

string / required

Add a file filter.

password_protected

string

Match password-protected files.

Choices:

  • "yes"

  • "any"

protocol

list / elements=string

Protocols to apply with.

Choices:

  • "smtp"

  • "imap"

  • "pop3"

log

string

Enable/disable file filter logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

scan_archive_contents

string

Enable/disable file filter archive contents scan.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

status

string

Enable/disable file filter.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

gmail

dictionary

Gmail.

log

string

Enable/disable logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

log_all

string

Enable/disable logging of all email traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

imap

dictionary

IMAP.

action

string

Action for spam email.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "tag"

log

string

Enable/disable logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

log_all

string

Enable/disable logging of all email traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

tag_msg

string

Subject text or header added to spam email.

tag_type

list / elements=string

Tag subject or header for spam email.

Choices:

  • "subject"

  • "header"

  • "spaminfo"

mapi

dictionary

MAPI.

action

string

Action for spam email.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "discard"

log

string

Enable/disable logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

log_all

string

Enable/disable logging of all email traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

msn_hotmail

dictionary

MSN Hotmail.

log

string

Enable/disable logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

log_all

string

Enable/disable logging of all email traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

name

string / required

Profile name.

options

list / elements=string

Options.

Choices:

  • "bannedword"

  • "spambal"

  • "spamfsip"

  • "spamfssubmit"

  • "spamfschksum"

  • "spamfsurl"

  • "spamhelodns"

  • "spamraddrdns"

  • "spamrbl"

  • "spamhdrcheck"

  • "spamfsphish"

  • "spambwl"

other_webmails

dictionary

Other supported webmails.

log_all

string

Enable/disable logging of all email traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

pop3

dictionary

POP3.

action

string

Action for spam email.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "tag"

log

string

Enable/disable logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

log_all

string

Enable/disable logging of all email traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

tag_msg

string

Subject text or header added to spam email.

tag_type

list / elements=string

Tag subject or header for spam email.

Choices:

  • "subject"

  • "header"

  • "spaminfo"

replacemsg_group

string

Replacement message group. Source system.replacemsg-group.name.

smtp

dictionary

SMTP.

action

string

Action for spam email.

Choices:

  • "pass"

  • "tag"

  • "discard"

hdrip

string

Enable/disable SMTP email header IP checks for spamfsip, spamrbl, and spambal filters.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

local_override

string

Enable/disable local filter to override SMTP remote check result.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

log

string

Enable/disable logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

log_all

string

Enable/disable logging of all email traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

tag_msg

string

Subject text or header added to spam email.

tag_type

list / elements=string

Tag subject or header for spam email.

Choices:

  • "subject"

  • "header"

  • "spaminfo"

spam_bal_table

integer

Anti-spam block/allow list table ID. Source emailfilter.block-allow-list.id.

spam_bwl_table

integer

Anti-spam black/white list table ID. Source emailfilter.bwl.id.

spam_bword_table

integer

Anti-spam banned word table ID. Source emailfilter.bword.id.

spam_bword_threshold

integer

Spam banned word threshold.

spam_filtering

string

Enable/disable spam filtering.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

spam_iptrust_table

integer

Anti-spam IP trust table ID. Source emailfilter.iptrust.id.

spam_log

string

Enable/disable spam logging for email filtering.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

spam_log_fortiguard_response

string

Enable/disable logging FortiGuard spam response.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

spam_mheader_table

integer

Anti-spam MIME header table ID. Source emailfilter.mheader.id.

spam_rbl_table

integer

Anti-spam DNSBL table ID. Source emailfilter.dnsbl.id.

yahoo_mail

dictionary

Yahoo! Mail.

log

string

Enable/disable logging.

Choices:

  • "enable"

  • "disable"

log_all

string

Enable/disable logging of all email traffic.

Choices:

  • "disable"

  • "enable"

enable_log

boolean

Enable/Disable logging for task.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

member_path

string

Member attribute path to operate on.

Delimited by a slash character if there are more than one attribute.

Parameter marked with member_path is legitimate for doing member operation.

member_state

string

Add or delete a member under specified attribute path.

When member_state is specified, the state option is ignored.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "absent"

state

string / required

Indicates whether to create or remove the object.

Choices:

  • "present"

  • "absent"

vdom

string

Virtual domain, among those defined previously. A vdom is a virtual instance of the FortiGate that can be configured and used as a different unit.

Default: "root"

Notes

Note

  • Legacy fortiosapi has been deprecated, httpapi is the preferred way to run playbooks

  • The module supports check_mode.

Examples

- name: Configure Email Filter profiles.
  fortinet.fortios.fortios_emailfilter_profile:
      vdom: "{{ vdom }}"
      state: "present"
      access_token: "<your_own_value>"
      emailfilter_profile:
          comment: "Comment."
          external: "enable"
          feature_set: "flow"
          file_filter:
              entries:
                  -
                      action: "log"
                      comment: "Comment."
                      file_type:
                          -
                              name: "default_name_11 (source antivirus.filetype.name)"
                      filter: "<your_own_value>"
                      password_protected: "yes"
                      protocol: "smtp"
              log: "enable"
              scan_archive_contents: "enable"
              status: "enable"
          gmail:
              log: "enable"
              log_all: "disable"
          imap:
              action: "pass"
              log: "enable"
              log_all: "disable"
              tag_msg: "<your_own_value>"
              tag_type: "subject"
          mapi:
              action: "pass"
              log: "enable"
              log_all: "disable"
          msn_hotmail:
              log: "enable"
              log_all: "disable"
          name: "default_name_34"
          options: "bannedword"
          other_webmails:
              log_all: "disable"
          pop3:
              action: "pass"
              log: "enable"
              log_all: "disable"
              tag_msg: "<your_own_value>"
              tag_type: "subject"
          replacemsg_group: "<your_own_value> (source system.replacemsg-group.name)"
          smtp:
              action: "pass"
              hdrip: "disable"
              local_override: "disable"
              log: "enable"
              log_all: "disable"
              tag_msg: "<your_own_value>"
              tag_type: "subject"
          spam_bal_table: "0"
          spam_bwl_table: "2147483647"
          spam_bword_table: "0"
          spam_bword_threshold: "10"
          spam_filtering: "enable"
          spam_iptrust_table: "0"
          spam_log: "disable"
          spam_log_fortiguard_response: "disable"
          spam_mheader_table: "0"
          spam_rbl_table: "0"
          yahoo_mail:
              log: "enable"
              log_all: "disable"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

build

string

Build number of the fortigate image

Returned: always

Sample: "1547"

http_method

string

Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate

Returned: always

Sample: "PUT"

http_status

string

Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied

Returned: always

Sample: "200"

mkey

string

Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate

Returned: success

Sample: "id"

name

string

Name of the table used to fulfill the request

Returned: always

Sample: "urlfilter"

path

string

Path of the table used to fulfill the request

Returned: always

Sample: "webfilter"

revision

string

Internal revision number

Returned: always

Sample: "17.0.2.10658"

serial

string

Serial number of the unit

Returned: always

Sample: "FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352"

status

string

Indication of the operation’s result

Returned: always

Sample: "success"

vdom

string

Virtual domain used

Returned: always

Sample: "root"

version

string

Version of the FortiGate

Returned: always

Sample: "v5.6.3"

Authors

  • Link Zheng (@chillancezen)

  • Jie Xue (@JieX19)

  • Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)

  • Frank Shen (@frankshen01)

  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

  • Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)