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An engineer is configuring Cisco Secure Email Gateway and needs to enable a separated email transfer flow from the Internet and from the LAN. Which deployment mode must be used to accomplish this…

The correct answer is D. two-interface. To enable a separated email transfer flow from the Internet and the LAN on a Cisco Secure Email Gateway, the two-interface deployment mode must be used.

Submitted by weili_xi· Mar 30, 2026Content Security

Question

An engineer is configuring Cisco Secure Email Gateway and needs to enable a separated email transfer flow from the Internet and from the LAN. Which deployment mode must be used to accomplish this goal?

Options

  • Asingle interface
  • Bmulti-context
  • Ctransparent
  • Dtwo-interface

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    17% (5)
  • C
    7% (2)
  • D
    72% (21)

Why each option

To enable a separated email transfer flow from the Internet and the LAN on a Cisco Secure Email Gateway, the two-interface deployment mode must be used.

Asingle interface

Single interface mode processes both external and internal email traffic through a single network interface, which does not provide a separated email transfer flow.

Bmulti-context

Multi-context mode is a feature found in firewalls (like Cisco ASA) that allows multiple virtual firewalls to run on a single physical device, not a deployment mode for an email gateway to separate mail flows.

Ctransparent

Transparent mode, often used for firewalls, allows a device to operate without an IP address in the network path, but it does not specifically define how an email gateway separates internet and LAN mail flows as 'two-interface' mode does.

Dtwo-interfaceCorrect

In a two-interface deployment mode for the Cisco Secure Email Gateway, one network interface is dedicated to handling external (Internet-facing) email traffic, while the second interface handles internal (LAN-facing) email traffic, allowing for distinct security policies, scanning, and routing rules to be applied to each flow.

Concept tested: Cisco Email Gateway deployment modes

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/email-security/index.html

Topics

#Cisco Secure Email Gateway#Deployment modes#Email flow segregation#Network interface configuration

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