# mbox-mcp

> mbox-mcp — arose26-mbox-mcp. Use this tool when you need to search and analyze local email archives without uploading data to external servers. It solves problems related to email organization, filtering, and querying by allowing users to search emails based on sender, subject, date, and body content. The tool takes local .mbox or .eml files as input and returns relevant search results, making it ideal for managing private email archives.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/arose26-mbox-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/arose26-mbox-mcp

## Description

Reads and searches local email archives (.mbox or .eml) with full MIME parsing, enabling queries about senders, subjects, dates, and bodies while keeping all data on your machine.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.70
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** communication
- **Updated:** 2026-08-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ney7absvi5)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/arose26/mbox-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "arose26-mbox-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/arose26-mbox-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/arose26-mbox-mcp/pull`

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