# IMAP MCP Pro MCP Server

Production IMAP & SMTP for Claude: multi-account email search, triage, send, and spam checks.

**Publisher claimed.** No tool list reported, and Pod has not connected to this server.

## Status

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## Connect

Published as `https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/releases/download/v2.33.0/imap-mcp-pro-2.33.0.mcpb` on mcpb. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**155 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 12.

### Most discussed

### Aikido security audit: triage + remediate repo findings (deps, prototype-pollution, CI integrity, XSS)

## Source
Aikido dashboard full-repo scan (provided by maintainer; MCP feed-listing is disabled for the workspace).

## Triaged findings
| # | Finding | Sev | Verdict | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Secret as CLI option — `distributions/osx/scripts/{notarize,setup-notarize}.sh` | High | **False positive** — `xxxx-xxxx` placeholders + user-supplied `--password`; Team ID/Apple ID public | Optional hardening: accept password via env/stdin, not `--password` arg (process-list leakage) |
|

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/205) · 2026-06-21 · open · 6 comments

### Add local email export to standard files (.eml) with attachments — single/folder/whole-mailbox

## Goal

Add a feature to **export IMAP emails to standard message files** (`.eml` / RFC822) with attachments preserved, plus bulk/folder/whole-mailbox modes, attachment extraction, and search-based selection — all processed **locally** (no cloud), suitable for closed systems.

**Format:** `.eml` (RFC822) is the deliverable — a standard, lossless, portable format that every major mail client (Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple Mail) opens. `.msg` (Outlook) is explicitly **out of scope**. Optionally sup

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/170) · 2026-06-20 · closed · 3 comments

### Add DNS Firewall Provider Configuration UI

## Overview
Add configuration interface for DNS firewall providers with support for multiple validation services beyond Quad9.

## Requirements

### Database Schema
- Add `dns_firewall_providers` table to store provider configurations
- Fields needed:
  - `provider_id` (PRIMARY KEY)
  - `provider_name` (e.g., 'quad9', 'cleandns', 'cloudflare')
  - `provider_type` ('dns-over-https' or 'dns-lookup')
  - `api_endpoint` (for HTTPS providers)
  - `api_key` (optional, for future services requiring aut

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/60) · 2025-11-08 · closed · 3 comments

### Implement full service management with Web UI integration

# Implement Full Service Management with Web UI Integration

## Problem
Currently, `make start/stop/restart/status` are stubs that don't actually manage services. The Web UI must be started manually and isn't integrated with the service management system.

## Requirements

### 1. Service Templates
Create service configuration files for each platform:

**macOS (LaunchAgent/LaunchDaemon)**
- `templates/com.templeofepiphany.imap-mcp-pro.plist`
- Manages both MCP server and Web UI
- Auto-restart on 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/41) · 2025-11-06 · closed · 3 comments

### Cross-Platform Installation System with Makefile

## Objective

Create a comprehensive cross-platform installation system using Makefiles that handles system service setup, admin account creation, authentication, and automatic updates.

## Background

Currently, installation is manual and requires users to configure system services themselves. This issue implements a production-ready installation system with:
- Automatic OS detection and platform-specific installation
- Admin account creation with secure credentials
- System service integration

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/8) · 2025-11-05 · closed · 3 comments

### Most recent

### Extension data dir defaulted to ~/.imap-mcp-pro (split account store) + no duplicate-instance guard

## Bug — extension used a different data store than everything else
The Claude Desktop extension defaulted its **Data Directory** to `~/.imap-mcp-pro`, while `server-config.ts`, the CLI, the launchd Web UI service, `getOutboxDir`, and the encryption-key sidecar all use `~/.imap-mcp`. Result: an account added via one entry point (e.g. the Web UI service, DB at `~/.imap-mcp/data.db`) is **invisible** to the extension's MCP session (reading `~/.imap-mcp-pro/data.db`) — different DB, and even a diff

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/288) · 2026-07-12 · closed · 0 comments

### Account lifecycle on FTS5-less builds: delete fails (no such module: fts5) + no duplicate-account guard

Two account-lifecycle robustness bugs found in Windows testing.

## Bug 1 — `Failed to delete: no such module: fts5` when deleting an account
`node:sqlite` enables foreign keys by default, so `DELETE FROM accounts` cascades into `messages_cache` (FK `ON DELETE CASCADE`). That fires the `messages_cache_fts_ad` trigger, which touches the `messages_cache_fts` **FTS5** virtual table. On a SQLite build compiled **without FTS5** (seen on some Windows Node builds), any FTS operation throws `no such mod

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/286) · 2026-07-12 · closed · 0 comments

### Submission prep: narrow declared platforms to tested (macOS + Windows)

For the Anthropic Desktop Extensions submission, declare only platforms we actually test. Linux is out of scope for now (untested), though the pure-JS runtime still runs there.

- `compatibility.platforms`: `[darwin, win32, linux]` → `[darwin, win32]`
- Update the release-notes platform wording and the submission dossier.
- The resulting `.mcpb` is the submission candidate (all bug fixes from #278/#279/#280 + honest platform claim).

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/284) · 2026-07-08 · closed · 0 comments

### imap_test_quad9_dns reports Quad9 unreachable when it's actually reachable (false negative)

## Summary

`imap_test_quad9_dns` reports Quad9 unreachable (`quad9Active: false, reachable: false`) on a host where Quad9 DoH is actually reachable and serving production lookups just fine. Same host, same session: `imap_check_domain_dns_firewall { domain: "example.com" }` succeeds against Quad9 in 223 ms and returns `provider: "quad9", isSafe: true`.

## Version

- IMAP MCP Pro (reproduced against the currently-installed extension version — please attach exact version when triaged)

## Observe

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/283) · 2026-07-08 · open · 0 comments

### Concurrency race: folder-scoped tools return cross-contaminated data under parallel calls

## Summary

Folder-scoped read tools return **cross-contaminated / incorrect data** when multiple tool calls execute concurrently against a single account's shared IMAP connection. IMAP selected-folder state from one in-flight command leaks into another, producing wrong counts and wrong search results. Data is correct when the same calls run sequentially.

## Version

- IMAP MCP Pro v2.32.0 (`@temple-of-epiphany/imap-mcp-pro`)
- Provider: Hostinger (imap.hostinger.com:993, TLS)

## Steps to repr

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/280) · 2026-07-08 · closed · 1 comment

### imap_list_categories fails: no such table: categories (missing schema migration)

## Summary

`imap_list_categories` fails with a SQLite error: the `categories` table does not exist in the database.

## Version

- IMAP MCP Pro v2.32.0 (`@temple-of-epiphany/imap-mcp-pro`)

## Steps to reproduce

1. Call `imap_list_categories` (with or without an `accountId` filter).

## Actual result

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "no such table: categories",
  "errorType": "Error",
  "errorCode": "ERR_SQLITE_ERROR",
  "details": {}
}
```

Reproduced on two consecutive runs.

## Exp

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/279) · 2026-07-08 · closed · 1 comment

### imap_folder_status crashes: TypeError: Do not know how to serialize a BigInt

## Summary

`imap_folder_status` throws `TypeError: Do not know how to serialize a BigInt` and returns a failure envelope instead of folder statistics.

## Version

- IMAP MCP Pro v2.32.0 (`@temple-of-epiphany/imap-mcp-pro`)
- Provider: Hostinger (imap.hostinger.com:993, TLS)

## Steps to reproduce

1. `imap_connect` to an account.
2. Call `imap_folder_status` with `folder: "INBOX"`.

## Actual result

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "error": "Do not know how to serialize a BigInt",
  "errorType

[Read the thread](https://github.com/Temple-of-Epiphany/imap-mcp-pro/issues/278) · 2026-07-08 · closed · 0 comments

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