Does AME ignore proxies from AE comps?

Hey just a quick question -
I've recently switched over to doing my AE renders in AME. Also, all my footage files use proxies, which I do not want to use in my final renders. I know this is the default setting when rendering in AE, but since there is no option for this in AME, is AME by default rendering from proxies or ignoring them?
Or do I have to go through the annoyance of unchecking that square for each footage file w a proxy in my AE project file before I send it to AME?

Also, strangely my renders in AME seem to be 3x as fast as my renders in AE...

-Kirsten