IMAP FAQs

Question 1

What is IMAP and how does it enhance email management?

Accepted Answer

IMAP is a robust email management tool that directly connects to your IMAP server, creating a persistent, encrypted local cache of your emails. This enables efficient offline access, powerful search capabilities, and seamless integration with AI assistants for advanced productivity.

Question 2

Is my email data and credentials secure with IMAP?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely. IMAP stores sensitive IMAP credentials securely in your operating system's native keyring (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Locker, Linux SecretService). The local email cache can also be AES-encrypted, ensuring your data is unreadable on disk without the specific key stored only on your machine.

Question 3

How does IMAP integrate with AI assistants like Claude?

Accepted Answer

IMAP functions as an MCP server, allowing AI tools such as Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VS Code Copilot/Continue to securely access your cached email data. This empowers AI to read, search, organize, summarize, and even draft emails on your behalf, using context from your mailbox.

Question 4

Can IMAP handle very large email accounts and mailboxes?

Accepted Answer

Yes, IMAP is specifically designed for massive mailboxes, supporting over 300,000 emails. It utilizes an efficient SQLite cache with pagination and incremental loading, preventing timeouts and memory issues often encountered with large datasets.

Question 5

What are the key benefits of IMAP's persistent local cache?

Accepted Answer

The persistent local cache transforms your mailbox into a queryable database, enabling fast offline email analysis, quick searches without hitting the IMAP server, reliable data for AI assistants, and efficient bulk operations (like sorting or archiving) at scale without encountering rate limits or connection issues.

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