Proxy Device for Secure Communication between Third-Party Service and Mail Server

A proxy module for facilitating secure communications between a third-party service and a mail server, the proxy module comprising:

• memory storing computer-executable instructions and
• at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions, wherein the computer executable instructions include:
• receiving, at the proxy module, a request to access a resource of a first agent;
• generating a first determination results by determining whether a request type of the received request is an allowed request type;
• generating a second determination result by determining whether the first agent is an allowed agent;
• and
• based on the first and second determination results,
• formatting the received request in accordance with a format associated with the mail server and
• providing the formatted request to the mail server.