Mail IMAP FAQs

Question 1

What email management capabilities does Mail IMAP offer?

Accepted Answer

It provides comprehensive email management, including listing mailboxes, advanced message search with filters and pagination, fetching message bodies, headers, raw source, and attachment metadata. It also supports gated write operations like updating flags, moving messages, and deleting messages.

Question 2

Can Mail IMAP extract text from attachments?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Mail IMAP offers optional PDF text extraction from email attachments. It can download PDF attachments up to 5MB, extract their text content, and include it in the message details, which is particularly useful for LLM analysis and summarization.

Question 3

What is Mail IMAP and how does it optimize for LLMs?

Accepted Answer

Mail IMAP is a TypeScript MCP (stdio) server designed to provide an LLM-optimized tool surface for interacting with IMAP email servers. It offers a compact, outcome-oriented set of tools with JSON-encoded responses, making it easy for Language Models to search, read, and safely modify email data programmatically.

Question 4

How do I integrate Mail IMAP into a chat application or workflow?

Accepted Answer

Mail IMAP is designed as a stdio server, making it ideal for integration with MCP-enabled chat applications or other tools that can spawn an executable command. You can run it via `npx`, directly from the repo using `pnpm dev`, or by building and running the `dist/index.js` file, configuring account details via environment variables.

Question 5

Are write operations like deleting emails safe and controlled?

Accepted Answer

Yes, write operations in Mail IMAP are highly controlled. They are disabled by default and must be explicitly enabled via server configuration. Additionally, critical actions like deleting messages require an explicit 'confirm: true' argument to proceed, adding an extra layer of safety.

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