Imap MCP Server

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Imap MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 152 installs a week from npm. Last commit 26 Oct 2026.

IMAP/SMTP MCP server to search, read, organize, send, reply & forward email for AI assistants

Installs per day peak 450 · avg 137 · +7% w/w

a month agotoday

1 152

Installs / week

npm · imap-mcp-server

115

Stars

3 open issues

26 Oct 2026

Last commit

5 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Imap MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add imap-mcp-server -- npx -y imap-mcp-server

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imap-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "imap-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.imap-mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "imap-mcp-server"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imap-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "imap-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "imap-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "imap-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Imap MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Imap MCP Server?

Imap MCP Server 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 imap-mcp-server was installed 1 152 times last week.

How do I connect Imap MCP Server?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls imap-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Imap MCP Server?

The npm package imap-mcp-server was installed 1 152 times in the last week. Week over week that is +7%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Imap MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript, 115 stars on GitHub and 3 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.