Install Email (IMAP/SMTP) for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mindstone-email-imap": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap@0.3.2"
],
"env": {
"EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL": "",
"EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD": "YOUR_EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD",
"EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDER": "",
"EMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_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": ""
}
}
}
}