Schema | ietf-imap-mcp

ietf-imap-mcp

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`IETF_IMAP_USER`	No	Username: 'anonymous' or Datatracker username	anonymous
`IETF_IMAP_EMAIL`	No	Email used as password for anonymous access
`IETF_IMAP_PASSWORD`	No	Datatracker password (plaintext, not recommended)
`IETF_IMAP_MIN_INTERVAL`	No	Minimum seconds between IMAP commands	1.0
`IETF_IMAP_PASSWORD_CMD`	No	Shell command to resolve password (e.g., op read ...)
`IETF_IMAP_PASSWORD_FILE`	No	Path to file containing password
`IETF_IMAP_MAILBOX_PREFIX`	No	Prefix for bare list names	Shared Folders/

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{ "listChanged": false }
`prompts`	{ "listChanged": false }
`resources`	{ "subscribe": false, "listChanged": false }
`experimental`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
list_mailing_listsA	List IETF mailing-list mailboxes available over IMAP. Args: pattern: IMAP LIST pattern, e.g. `"agent"` or `""`. limit: Maximum mailbox names to return (hard-capped at 100).
search_listA	Search a mailing list, returning matching message summaries (newest first). Args: list_name: Mailbox / list name, e.g. `"agent2agent"`. subject: Substring to match in the Subject header. from_addr: Substring to match in the From header. text: Free-text search across the whole message. since: Only messages on/after this ISO date (`YYYY-MM-DD`). before: Only messages before this ISO date (`YYYY-MM-DD`). limit: Max summaries to return (default 25, hard-capped at 100).
page_listA	Page through a list's messages, newest first. Args: list_name: Mailbox / list name, e.g. `"agent2agent"`. offset: How many messages back from the newest to start (0 = newest). limit: Page size (default 25, hard-capped at 100).
get_messageA	Fetch a single message by UID (from a prior search/page result). Args: list_name: Mailbox / list name, e.g. `"agent2agent"`. uid: The message UID returned by `search_list` / `page_list`. include_body: Include the plain-text body (default True). max_body_chars: Truncate the body to this many characters.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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