imap-mcp
Provides IMAP client capabilities for Dovecot mail servers, enabling reading mail, searching messages, managing folders, and automating email processing through watch rules and webhooks.
Enables automation triggers for Garmin LiveTrack emails through IMAP watch rules, allowing automatic webhook firing when new Garmin LiveTrack emails arrive in the mailbox.
Provides an alternative to fragile Gmail OAuth for automation triggers by using IMAP to read mail and fire webhooks when new matching messages arrive from Gmail accounts.
Supports reading mail from Synology MailPlus mailboxes via IMAP, with specific configuration for Synology account names and integration with Synology's email infrastructure.
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., "@imap-mcpshow me my 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.
imap-mcp
IMAP client MCP. Read mail from a Dovecot / Synology MailPlus mailbox, and optionally fire webhooks when new matching messages arrive — replaces fragile Gmail OAuth for automation triggers.
Tools
Tool | Description |
| Unread message summaries |
| Raw IMAP SEARCH |
| Full message (headers + text + html) |
| Set |
| Move to another folder |
| All folders |
| IMAP ping + watcher rules + fire count |
Environment
Variable | Required | Description |
| ✓ | Server (e.g. |
| Default | |
|
| |
| ✓ | Synology account name, not email |
| ✓ | |
| Default | |
| Inline JSON array of watch rules | |
| Path to JSON file (default | |
| Default | |
| MCP server port (default |
Watch rules
[
{
"name": "garmin-livetrack",
"mailbox": "INBOX",
"criteria": "FROM \"noreply@garmin.com\" SUBJECT \"LiveTrack\" UNSEEN",
"webhook_url": "http://host.docker.internal:5678/webhook/livetrack-mail",
"mark_read": true,
"move_to": null
}
]On startup the watcher "primes" each rule with existing matching UIDs, so
only new mail after boot fires. Every POLL_INTERVAL_SECS it re-runs
each rule's criteria and POSTs matching messages (full body) to webhook_url
as { "rule": "...", "mailbox": "...", "message": {...} }. After a
successful POST it either moves the message to move_to, or marks it read
if mark_read.
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