MCP Email Server
The MCP Email Server provides IMAP and SMTP email functionality through an MCP interface, enabling comprehensive email account management and operations.
Key capabilities:
Add Email Accounts: Configure new accounts with IMAP/SMTP server settings including host, port, credentials, and SSL options
List Email Accounts: View all configured accounts with their attributes
Retrieve Emails: Access and paginate emails with extensive filtering options by sender, recipient, subject, body content, and date ranges
Send Emails: Compose and send emails with support for multiple recipients, CC, BCC, subject, and body
Click on "Install Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type
@followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@MCP Email Servercheck my inbox for unread emails from the last hour"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
mcp-email-server
An MCP server for reading, searching, organizing, and sending email through IMAP and SMTP.
Quick start
1. Configure an email account
Run the configuration UI with uv:
uvx mcp-email-server@latest uiAdd your IMAP account in the browser window. SMTP is optional if the account does not need to send email.
2. Configure the MCP client
Add the following server definition to the MCP client:
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-email-server": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["mcp-email-server@latest", "stdio"]
}
}
}Restart the MCP client after updating its configuration.
3. Verify the connection
Ask the client to list the configured email accounts or recent messages.
Related MCP server: Email Send/Receive MCP Server
Other configuration methods
For headless environments, containers, multiple accounts, custom TLS settings, and environment-variable configuration, see the documentation.
Documentation
Development
See CONTRIBUTING.md.
License
This project is licensed under the terms of the LICENSE.
Maintenance
Resources
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Looking for Admin?
If you are the server author, to access and configure the admin panel.
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