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Internet Message Access Protocol, or IMAP, is a mail protocol used in the retrieval of mail from a mailbox. In comparison to POP, IMAP is designed to allow the complete management of a mailbox using multiple different mail clients, this means that unlike POP, mail retrieved over the IMAP protocol will by default also remain on the mail server, unless explicitly deleted by the user.

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Does IMAP/POP3/ASP undermine Two-Factor Auth?

Hotmail/Google: 16-lowercase-characters "app-specific" password Posteo: IMAP/POP3 This app-specific password gives any app complete access to your account. … Now given the above situations, I really don't understand how IMAP/POP3 and app-specific passwords can exist when 2FA is enabled, as they completely bypass 2FA. …
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