What is MCPEmails?
MCPEmails is a MCP server by Albretsen that email for Gmail, Fastmail, iCloud, Yahoo, Zoho, Yandex and any IMAP/SMTP mailbox: read, search, send, organize, draft, schedule and auto-triage mail. It is listed under Communication and has 10 GitHub stars.
| Type | Mcp server |
|---|---|
| Author | Albretsen |
| Repository | Albretsen/MCPEmails |
| Popularity | 10 GitHub stars |
| Category | Communication |
| Security | Review before installing (72/100) |
| Rank | #1,702 of 4,418 MCP servers; #100 in Communication |
| License | AGPL-3.0 |
| Last commit | 2026-10-17 |
| Stars this week | +2 |
| Runs | Cloud service |
| Language | TypeScript |
Is MCPEmails safe to install?
MCPEmails scores 72/100 on the MCPMods security check: Review before installing. Things to review: sends your data to a cloud service; can take actions such as send, write or deploy. It passed 3 of 6 checks.
MCP server results come from listing signals: who publishes it, where your data goes and what it can do. The code itself is not scanned yet.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Community-built server | Note |
| Sends your data to a cloud service | Review |
| No credentials mentioned | Pass |
| Can take actions such as send, write or deploy | Review |
| No code execution | Pass |
| Source on GitHub | Pass |
How do I install MCPEmails?
- Find the launch command. The README says how the server starts (npx, uvx, docker or a remote URL) and which API keys it needs.
https://github.com/Albretsen/MCPEmails
- Add it to Claude Code. Replace the part after -- with the command from the README. Remote servers use --transport http with a URL.
claude mcp add mcpemails -- <command from README> claude mcp add --transport http mcpemails <server-url>
- Check it connected. This lists your MCP servers and their status.
claude mcp list
Or ask Claude to set it up
Paste this into Claude Code and it installs MCPEmails for you:
Add the "MCPEmails" MCP server from https://github.com/Albretsen/MCPEmails to Claude Code. Read its README for the launch command and any API keys I need, run claude mcp add, then check that it connects.