Email Smtp Imap MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 460 installs a week from npm. Last commit 1 Nov 2026.
Multi-account SMTP/IMAP email tools: search, read, send, reply, forward, flags and folders.
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Today is the operative word: we check Email Smtp Imap MCP 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 mcp add email-smtp-imap-mcp -e 'EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON=<EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON>' -- npx -y email-smtp-imap-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"email-smtp-imap-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"email-smtp-imap-mcp"
],
"env": {
"EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON": "<EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.email-smtp-imap-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "email-smtp-imap-mcp"]
env = { EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON = "<EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"email-smtp-imap-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"email-smtp-imap-mcp"
],
"env": {
"EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON": "<EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"email-smtp-imap-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"email-smtp-imap-mcp"
],
"env": {
"EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON": "<EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON> (JSON object keyed by account name with SMTP and IMAP settings and credentials; see the repository setup guide).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
DEFAULT_EMAIL_ACCOUNT (Default account name from EMAIL_ACCOUNTS_JSON; optional when the first account should be used).
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