# mcp-imap-server

> Use this tool when you need to integrate email management into your workflow, enabling large language models (LLMs) to securely read, search, and manage emails via IMAP. It solves problems related to email access and automation, providing read-only access to email accounts. Ideal for use cases requiring email data processing, such as email sorting, filtering, and analysis, with inputs including IMAP credentials and outputs including email content and metadata.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/mattias242-mcp-imap-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mattias242-mcp-imap-server

## Description

Enables LLMs to read, search, and manage emails via IMAP with secure, read-only access to email accounts.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-03

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** communication
- **Updated:** 2026-09-03

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/qw7ijqfdq7)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/mattias242/mcp-imap-server>

## 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": "mattias242-mcp-imap-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mattias242-mcp-imap-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/mattias242-mcp-imap-server/pull`

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