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Re: Email != Webmail

I access my gmail over imap and I have 2FA enabled.

Yes, that's because the IMAP protocol is tacked on to a web-based email service. Pure IMAP has no facility to provide 2FA.

You don't access email over SMTP

No, my bad, I meant POP3. However, if a server is using POP-before-SMTP, then it is possible to enumerate logins over SMTP.

MAPI is a programming interface.

Not just a programming interface, MAPI/RPC is the protocol used by older Outlook clients to talk to Exchange servers.

EAS can be secured using certificates thereby making the device the something you have.

a certificate is NOT 2FA, it's too easy to proxy.

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