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Imap MCP Server

Imap MCP Server is an MCP server that provides seamless IMAP email integration with secure account management and connection pooling. It has 112 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y imap-mcp-server. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

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Install Imap MCP Server

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Claude Desktop

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

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

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

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imap-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "imap-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

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

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Imap MCP Server

A powerful Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides seamless IMAP email integration with secure account management and connection pooling.

  • ai
  • claude
  • email
  • imap
  • llm
  • mcp
  • mcp-server
  • model-context-protocol
  • smtp
  • typescript

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How do I install the Imap MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command npx -y imap-mcp-server to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Imap MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Imap MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 26, 2026. The latest release is v2.2.0, published Oct 9, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.