MCP Server Imap runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add mcp-server-imap -e 'IMAP_HOST=<IMAP_HOST>' -e 'IMAP_USER=<IMAP_USER>' -e 'IMAP_PASS=<IMAP_PASS>' -- npx -y @aiwerk/mcp-server-imap{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-imap": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@aiwerk/mcp-server-imap"
],
"env": {
"IMAP_HOST": "<IMAP_HOST>",
"IMAP_PASS": "<IMAP_PASS>",
"IMAP_USER": "<IMAP_USER>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-server-imap]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@aiwerk/mcp-server-imap"]
env = { IMAP_HOST = "<IMAP_HOST>", IMAP_USER = "<IMAP_USER>", IMAP_PASS = "<IMAP_PASS>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-imap": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@aiwerk/mcp-server-imap"
],
"env": {
"IMAP_HOST": "<IMAP_HOST>",
"IMAP_PASS": "<IMAP_PASS>",
"IMAP_USER": "<IMAP_USER>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-server-imap": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@aiwerk/mcp-server-imap"
],
"env": {
"IMAP_HOST": "<IMAP_HOST>",
"IMAP_PASS": "<IMAP_PASS>",
"IMAP_USER": "<IMAP_USER>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<IMAP_HOST> (IMAP server hostname (e.g. imap.gmail.com)), <IMAP_USER> (IMAP account username / email address), <IMAP_PASS> (IMAP account password or app-specific password).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
SMTP_HOST (SMTP server hostname, required to send email), SMTP_USER (SMTP account username (defaults to IMAP_USER if unset)), SMTP_PASS (SMTP account password (defaults to IMAP_PASS if unset)).
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