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Email (IMAP/SMTP) for VS Code

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

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

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Install Email (IMAP/SMTP) in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-email",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-password",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-provider",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-imap-host",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-smtp-host",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-imap-port",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-smtp-port",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-max-recipients",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-rate-limit-per-hour",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "email-imap-rate-limit-window-ms",
      "description": "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "mcp-workspace-path",
      "description": "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp-server-email-imap": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL": "${input:email-imap-email}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD": "${input:email-imap-password}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER": "${input:email-imap-provider}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST": "${input:email-imap-imap-host}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST": "${input:email-imap-smtp-host}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT": "${input:email-imap-imap-port}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT": "${input:email-imap-smtp-port}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS": "${input:email-imap-max-recipients}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR": "${input:email-imap-rate-limit-per-hour}",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS": "${input:email-imap-rate-limit-window-ms}",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "${input:mcp-workspace-path}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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