MCP Server Imap runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 152 installs a week from npm. Last commit 10 Aug 2026.
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Today is the operative word: we check MCP Server Imap every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
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 -- npx -y @aiwerk/mcp-server-imap
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-imap": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@aiwerk/mcp-server-imap"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.mcp-server-imap]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@aiwerk/mcp-server-imap"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-imap": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@aiwerk/mcp-server-imap"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server-imap": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@aiwerk/mcp-server-imap"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
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.), 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).).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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