Simple IMAP MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||
Instructions
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.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| list_foldersC | List all IMAP mailboxes/folders in the account |
| search_emailsB | Search emails by criteria, returning paginated results |
| fetch_emailB | Fetch full email content including headers, body, and attachments |
| get_email_bodyB | Fetch only the body (text and/or HTML) of an email |
| get_email_headersA | Fetch only email headers - minimal bandwidth, no body download |
| mark_as_readB | Mark messages as read or unread using IMAP FLAGS |
| move_emailA | Move an email to a different IMAP folder |
| delete_emailA | Delete an email (move to Trash folder) |
| create_folderB | Create a new IMAP mailbox folder |
| list_unreadB | Quick listing of unread messages with pagination |
| email_waitingA | Poll a mailbox repeatedly until an email matching conditions is found or timeout elapses |
| send_emailC | Send an email with text or HTML body |
| send_email_with_attachmentC | Send an email with file attachments |
| list_draftsA | List draft emails in the Drafts folder |
| save_as_draftC | Save an email as a draft |
| delete_draftC | Delete a draft email |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 16 tools
Each tool targets a distinct operation—full fetch, body-only, headers-only, flags, folder ops, drafts—but send_email and send_email_with_attachment, plus the three retrieval variants, have close functional boundaries that require careful description reading.
Most names follow snake_case verb_noun, but verbs are inconsistent (fetch vs get vs list), list_unread omits the object, and email_waiting reverses the expected verb-object order.
Sixteen tools is on the high end but each maps to a real email workflow—retrieve, search, send, draft, folder management—so the count is only slightly above the ideal range.
The surface covers retrieval, search, read state, move/delete, folder listing/creation, sending with and without attachments, and draft CRUD. Missing folder deletion/rename and attachment-only retrieval are minor gaps.