How to bypass proofpoint hardening rule for O365 calendar forwarding

Created by Yves Lacombe, Modified on Fri, 6 Mar, 2020 at 4:56 PM by Yves Lacombe

We recommend to clients to block any inbound traffic from the internet EXCEPT if it comes from proofpoint.


However there's a weird case in Office365 where Meeting Forward Notifications don't follow the normal mail path and is considered "external" mail by Office365 so you get a bounce saying "invalid IP address' as in the example rule below.  You can bypass this by putting an exception as pictured below.