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Email (IMAP/SMTP) for Claude Desktop

io.github.boutquin/email

Multi-account IMAP/SMTP email server with 22 tools for reading, sending, searching, and organizing.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Email (IMAP/SMTP) in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/boutquin/mcp-server-email:latest"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_CONFIG_FILE": "<EMAIL_CONFIG_FILE>",
        "EMAIL_ACCOUNTS": "<EMAIL_ACCOUNTS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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