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Mail IMAP

Verified Integration
Author: @bradsjm•Category: ServerApplication
GitHub Repository
JSON-RPC 2.0
Protocol Standard
Sub-second
Execution Latency
Active
Operational Status
Tags:#Claude#Search#Database#API#Git#Filesystem#AI#GitHub#Node.js#Automation

Client Configuration

— Connect Mail IMAP to Claude Desktop or Cursor in seconds
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mail-imap": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-mail-imap"
      ],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}
Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows).
Architecture & Capabilities

System Overview

Provides LLM-optimized access to IMAP servers for robust email management.

Indexed Date

7/23/2026

License

Open Source

Protocol Layer

stdio / SSE RPC

Frequently Asked Questions

Architecture and operational details for Mail IMAP

It provides comprehensive email management, including listing mailboxes, advanced message search with filters and pagination, fetching message bodies, headers, raw source, and attachment metadata. It also supports gated write operations like updating flags, moving messages, and deleting messages.

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