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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,19 @@ Before you start the onboarding process, you will have to:
2. Learn about dispositions, impersonation registry, and reclassifications.
3. Know the steps to configure your email environment correctly.

The following table compares features available across API, BCC/Journaling and MX/Inline:

| Feature | API | BCC | Journaling | MX/Inline |
|-------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------- |----------------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Deployment Type | Post-delivery | Post-delivery | Post-delivery | Pre-delivery (Inline) |
| Supported Email Provider | Microsoft 365 | Gmail, Microsoft 365 | Microsoft 365 | All email providers |
| Inspection Timing | Scans messages already in the mailbox | Scans a copy of the message upon delivery | Scans a copy of the message upon delivery | Scans the message before delivery |
| Mechanism | Uses MS Graph API to integrate with Microsoft 365. | Uses a BCC rule to send a copy to Cloudflare | Uses a Journal Rule in the Microsoft Purview portal | Changes MX records to point email traffic to Cloudflare |
| Message Remediation | Auto-moves through Read/Write API permissions | Auto-moves through Google or Microsoft integration | Auto-moves through Microsoft integration | Messages can be blocked, quarantined, or modified inline |
| Message Modification | Primarily deletion/move post-delivery | Primarily deletion/move post-delivery | Primarily deletion/move post-delivery. | Move post-delivery. Supports link actions and text add-ons.[^1] |

[^1] With [inline deployment](/cloudflare-one/email-security/setup/pre-delivery-deployment/mx-inline-deployment/), Cloudflare recommends setting up the integrations to allow post-delivery response and phish submission response to work. Refer to step 7 in [Auto-moves](/cloudflare-one/email-security/auto-moves/) to learn more.

## 1. Choose a deployment

### Post-delivery deployment
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