Install IMAP mailbox 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": {
"ni-c-imap-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@ni-c/imap-mcp@0.5.2"
],
"env": {
"IMAP_HOST": "",
"IMAP_USER": "",
"IMAP_PASSWORD": "YOUR_IMAP_PASSWORD",
"IMAP_PORT": "",
"IMAP_TLS": "",
"IMAP_MAILBOX": "",
"IMAP_SEEN_KEYWORD": "",
"IMAP_READ_ONLY": "",
"IMAP_ALLOW_TOOLS": "",
"IMAP_DENY_TOOLS": "",
"IMAP_DOWNLOAD_DIR": "",
"IMAP_INSECURE_TLS": "",
"IMAP_DRAFTS_MAILBOX": "",
"IMAP_MAX_MESSAGES": "",
"IMAP_MAX_ATTACHMENT_BYTES": "",
"IMAP_MAX_DOWNLOAD_BYTES": "",
"IMAP_MAX_EXTRACT_BYTES": "",
"IMAP_ATTACHMENT_TYPES": "",
"IMAP_TRUSTED_AUTHSERV_ID": ""
}
}
}
}