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Better Email MCP Server

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Better Email MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 683 installs a week from npm. Last commit 13 Sep 2026.

IMAP/SMTP MCP server for Email with composite tools. Multi-account, auto-discovery.

The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained.

Installs per day peak 648 · avg 133 · +282% w/w
a month agotoday
1 683
Installs / week
npm · @n24q02m/better-email-mcp
34
Stars
1 open issues
13 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
Apache-2.0
License
TypeScript

What the code does

We read the source, 19 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] bin/cli.mjs:1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет
Builds a database query by concatenation [пакет] bin/cli.mjs:58
…="object")for(let n in t){if(!wm[n]&&/^[A-Z]/.test(n))throw new Error(`Unknown event ${n} in ${t.postcssPlugin}. Try to update PostCSS (${this.processor.version} now).`);if(!bm[n])if(typeof t[n]=="object")for(let i in t[n])i==="*"?e(t,n,t[n][i]):e(t,n+"-"+i.toLowerCase(),t[n][i])…

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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Connect this server

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add better-email-mcp -- npx -y @n24q02m/better-email-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-email-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@n24q02m/better-email-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.better-email-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@n24q02m/better-email-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-email-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@n24q02m/better-email-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-email-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@n24q02m/better-email-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: EMAIL_CREDENTIALS (Email credentials (format: [email protected]:app-password). Multiple accounts: comma-separated.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Better Email MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Better Email MCP?
Better Email MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @n24q02m/better-email-mcp was installed 1 683 times last week.
Is Better Email MCP still maintained?
The author archived this repository on GitHub, meaning it is no longer maintained. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect Better Email MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @n24q02m/better-email-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Better Email MCP?
The npm package @n24q02m/better-email-mcp was installed 1 683 times in the last week. Week over week that is +282%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Better Email MCP open source?
Yes — it is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, written in TypeScript, 34 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.