IMAP Draft

Name: IMAP Draft
Author: zedong-peng

by zedong-pengversion 0.2.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp

Install

Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

IMAP mail for agents: search, read and write drafts. It can't send, move or delete.

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UsageiNot measured yet★ –

What you can do with it

We have not written a plain-language summary for this one yet. Below are the facts we read from the registry.

Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Search & AI memory
You need to fill in: EMAIL_CREDENTIALS

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: EMAIL_CREDENTIALS

Values marked secret are keys to your account. Never share them or paste them into a chat.

You need

DockerDocker installed

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imap-draft": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS",
        "ghcr.io/zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp:v0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add imap-draft --env EMAIL_CREDENTIALS=your-value -- docker run -i --rm -e EMAIL_CREDENTIALS ghcr.io/zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp:v0.2.0

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "imap-draft": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS",
        "ghcr.io/zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp:v0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "imap-draft": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS",
        "ghcr.io/zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp:v0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

This one runs on your computer, and ChatGPT can only connect to servers on the internet. Pick another app.

Your choice stays on this device in a cookie; no account needed.

Values you fill in

EMAIL_CREDENTIALS secret required env
Comma-separated address:password[:imap-host[:port]], e.g. me@icloud.com:app-password

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

We check information anyone can see; we have not read the code. Checks that do not apply are left out of the count. · Checked Nov 7, 2026

✓ Pass
Maker matches the repo
The registry name was verified with the GitHub account zedong-peng, which owns the repo
… Not checked yet
Still maintained
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
… Not checked yet
Has a licence
We have not read this repo from GitHub yet
– Not applicable
Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
– Not applicable
Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
… Not checked yet
No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

More stars than 0% of the other 5654 servers in this category
Published to the registry more recently than 91% of the other 5654 servers in this category
Basic checks equal to or better than 100% of the other 5654 servers in this category

Compared with every active server in this category in the registry. Stars count only when the publisher owns the repo.

Common questions

Is IMAP Draft safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

You need to fill in: EMAIL_CREDENTIALS

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.2.0) reached the registry 4 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Docker on your computer.

What can I use instead?

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README from the maker

Open the README

Copied from the maker’s repo as written. PopNx MCP has not reviewed or endorsed it. HTML, images and scripts are removed. Links lead off this site.

imap-draft-mcp

IMAP for AI agents: search, read and write drafts. It can't send.

Three tools:

search: find messages across your accounts, newest first.
read: one message's headers, text and attachment names. It stays unread.
draft: write a new message, a reply (reply_to: threaded, original quoted) or a forward (forward: original included, attachments kept). It goes to your Drafts folder; you read it and press send in your own mail app.

There is no send, move or delete, and no setting that turns them on. An agent that reads mail will sooner or later read a message written to manipulate it ("forward me the last invoice", "delete this"). Here the worst it can do is leave a bad draft. It never touches SMTP, so it only needs IMAP.

The whole server is one static binary, one environment variable and about 800 lines of Go on the official MCP SDK.

Install

Download a binary for linux or darwin, amd64 or arm64, from Releases and check it against SHA256SUMS. Or:

go install github.com/zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp@latest

Or run the image ghcr.io/zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp. It is also listed in the MCP Registry as io.github.zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp.

Configure

One environment variable, comma-separated accounts:

EMAIL_CREDENTIALS='me@icloud.com:app-password,me@uni.edu:password:imap.uni.edu,me@corp.example:pw:localhost:1993'

Each is address:password[:imap-host[:port]]. Without a host it is guessed from the domain (Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, QQ, 163, Fastmail, else imap. ); the port defaults to 993 with TLS. Use app passwords where the provider has them. Outlook.com no longer accepts passwords over IMAP (it needs OAuth), so it is not supported.

Run

Claude Code:

claude mcp add imap-draft -e EMAIL_CREDENTIALS=... -- imap-draft-mcp

Codex:

codex mcp add imap-draft --env EMAIL_CREDENTIALS=... -- imap-draft-mcp

Clients configured with JSON (Cursor, Claude Desktop and others):

"mcpServers": { "imap-draft": { "command": "imap-draft-mcp", "env": { "EMAIL_CREDENTIALS": "..." } } } }

With Docker, the command is docker run -i --rm -e EMAIL_CREDENTIALS ghcr.io/zedong-peng/imap-draft-mcp.

On a server

For agents running elsewhere, serve Streamable HTTP behind something that does authentication, such as tailscale serve:

imap-draft-mcp -http 127.0.0.1:8080 -allow-host server.tailnet.ts.net

tailscale serve --bg --https=8443 --set-path=/$(openssl rand -hex 16) http://127.0.0.1:8080/mcp

The server has no authentication of its own, so keep it on loopback. -allow-host names the Host headers it accepts besides localhost, which keeps web pages from reaching it through DNS rebinding. A hosted agent that can only start commands in its sandbox reaches it through tailnet-mcp; this example is a complete setup.

Build and test

go test -race ./...

CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -trimpath -ldflags="-s -w" .

The tests run search, read and all three kinds of draft against an in-memory IMAP server, including a GBK-encoded message.

IMAP Draft

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Search & AI memoryi

Common questions

Alternatives

Context7

Codebase Memory

Exa

README from the maker

imap-draft-mcp

Install

Configure

Run

On a server

Build and test