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How many OIDC clients does an OAuth-enabled MCP mail server need?

One, two, three or four? The number of OIDC client registrations an MCP server for OAuth-enabled IMAP/SMTP needs depends on the architecture. Five scenarios compared: token passthrough, single-client broker, split broker, IdP as authorization server with token exchange, and hosted providers.