Email (IMAP/SMTP)

io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-email-imapv0.3.2Email

Email IMAP/SMTP MCP server: iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and custom IMAP providers

The current version, v0.3.2, was published to the official MCP registry on 2026-08-10. It is distributed as @mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap on npm, filed under Email by this index, and declares 11 environment variables. Removals and unreachable sources are measured across every server this index tracks, contract drift across the servers that answer in consecutive snapshots; the index's current counts put this record in context.

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Trust verdict · v1 advisory · method

REVIEWstatus: PARTIALfresh until 2026-09-04 06:08 UTC

screened 2026-07-06tier: scannedgranularity: description-levelsource: registry

Semantic screen found no manipulation pattern in the description. Conformance probe not yet run.

mcpindex.integrity.descriptionpassINFO

evidence“No malicious instructions found”via static_description

Limits of this verdict

- Semantic screen only - the deterministic conformance probe has not run on this server
- Confidence is reported but not yet calibrated (v1)
- Screen reads the tool description, not the live behavior
- advisory
- registry description only no input schema
- screen model 8b
- Still current: the description we screened is unchanged, re-checked against the registry
- The registry listing (version, packages, links) changed after this screen ran - the description we assessed did not

Semantic screen: an LLM judge reads the tool description for hidden instructions (status PARTIAL). A pass means the description is not lying, not that the tool is safe: a high-capability tool with an honest description still warrants caution. The deterministic conformance probe has not been run on this server yet, so the screen here is semantic-only. Posture: advisory. Confidences are reported but not yet calibrated (calibrated=false at v1). Full verdict history is not shown on this page.

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That verdict was true at screening time (snapshot 2026-08-28).

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Environment variables

EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL

required

Email address

EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD

requiredsecret

App-specific password

EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER

Provider — icloud, gmail, yahoo, outlook, or custom (auto-detected from email domain if unset)

EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST

Custom IMAP host (for provider=custom)

EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST

Custom SMTP host (for provider=custom)

EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT

Custom IMAP port

EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT

Custom SMTP port

EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS

Safety cap: maximum combined To+CC+BCC recipients per email_send call. Defaults to 25; raising bypasses spam-prevention guardrails against prompt-injection-driven mass sends.

EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR

Safety cap: maximum email_send calls per rolling window. Defaults to 50; protects against runaway sends when injection content escapes the LLM's intent.

EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS

Sliding-window length for the rate limit (ms)

MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH

Workspace directory that email_get_attachment downloads into (fresh email-imap-attachment-* staging directories). Defaults to the system temp directory.

MCP quality score · maturity, not trust · methodology

freshness

completeness

installability

documentation

stability

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MCP Emails

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Read, search, send, organize, draft and schedule email across your inboxes from any MCP client.

Google Workspace

io.github.mindstone/mcp-server-google-workspace

Google Workspace MCP server for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Contacts, and more

Install this server

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-email-imap": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL": "<email_imap_email>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD": "<your-email_imap_password>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER": "<email_imap_provider>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST": "<email_imap_imap_host>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST": "<email_imap_smtp_host>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT": "993",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT": "587",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS": "25",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR": "50",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS": "3600000",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<mcp_workspace_path>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-email-imap": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "--",
        "@mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL": "<email_imap_email>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD": "<your-email_imap_password>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER": "<email_imap_provider>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOST": "<email_imap_imap_host>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOST": "<email_imap_smtp_host>",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORT": "993",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORT": "587",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTS": "25",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUR": "50",
        "EMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MS": "3600000",
        "MCP_WORKSPACE_PATH": "<mcp_workspace_path>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y -- @mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap

Claude Code (claude mcp add)

claude mcp add --scope user mcp-server-email-imap -- npx -y -- @mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap

Gemini CLI (gemini mcp add)

gemini mcp add -s user mcp-server-email-imap npx -y -- @mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap

Verdict API

curl -s mcpindex.ai/api/v1/trust/server/io-github-mindstone-mcp-server-email-imap

Free-tier verdict as JSON: decision + dimensions + severity. Call it from your agent before it invokes a tool it just discovered.

Details

version: v0.3.2
category: Email
verdict expires: 2026-09-04
quality: 85 / 100
operator: mindstone

Listing

Listed from the official MCP registry. Unclaimed by its maintainer. Maintainer? Email us →

Provenance

Each verdict is bound to a hash of the exact description it judged, so a re-crawl that changes the text produces a new record rather than silently inheriting this one. Verdict history is hash-chained and anchored to Bitcoin via OpenTimestamps (latest confirmed at block 964,392). Verify it yourself.

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