Email (IMAP/SMTP) for Claude Desktop

io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap

Email IMAP/SMTP MCP server: iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and custom IMAP providers

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Email (IMAP/SMTP) in Claude Desktop

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

EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL

EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD

EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER

EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST

EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST

EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT

EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT

EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS

EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR

EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS

MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-email-imap": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL": "<EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD": "<EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER": "<EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST": "<EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST": "<EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT": "<EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT": "<EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS": "<EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR": "<EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS": "<EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS>",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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