Email MCP server with IMAP + SMTP support
Most team communication work still happens through a UI a human drives. Email MCP server moves it into the conversation instead. Email MCP server with IMAP + SMTP support.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server providing comprehensive email capabilities via IMAP and SMTP.
The server publishes 4 tools. What each one is for:
Setup — The Setup tool exposed by this serverConfiguration — [[accounts]] name = "personal" email = "you@gmail.com" full_name = "Your Name" password = "your-app-password"Presets — The Presets tool exposed by this serverAlerts — Urgency-based multi-channel notification routing — grab attention for important emails even when you're not looking at the chat. All channels areInstallation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @codefuturist/email-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Configuration is passed through the environment: MCP_EMAIL_ADDRESS, MCP_EMAIL_PASSWORD, MCP_EMAIL_IMAP_HOST, MCP_EMAIL_SMTP_HOST. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Among the team communication options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Email's toolset — Setup, Configuration, Presets and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by codefuturist; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Email's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Setup | The Setup tool exposed by this server. |
| Configuration | [[accounts]] name = "personal" email = "you@gmail.com" full_name = "Your Name" password = "your-app-password" |
| Presets | The Presets tool exposed by this server. |
| Alerts | Urgency-based multi-channel notification routing — grab attention for important emails even when you're not looking at the chat. All channels are **opt-in** and disabled by default. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"email-1": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@codefuturist/email-mcp"],
"env": {
"MCP_EMAIL_ADDRESS": "your-value",
"MCP_EMAIL_PASSWORD": "your-value",
"MCP_EMAIL_IMAP_HOST": "your-value",
"MCP_EMAIL_SMTP_HOST": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| MCP_EMAIL_ADDRESS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MCP_EMAIL_PASSWORD | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| MCP_EMAIL_IMAP_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
| MCP_EMAIL_SMTP_HOST | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Optional |
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