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MCP Email Server

A Model Context Protocol server that provides email functionality. This server enables LLMs to compose and send emails, as well as search for attachments within specified directories.

Features

• Send emails with multiple recipients
• Support for email attachments
• Search for files in directories based on pattern matching
• Secure email transmission using SMTP

Available Tools

• send_email - Sends emails based on the provided subject, body, and receiver.

  • receiver (array of strings, required): List of recipient email addresses
  • body (string, required): The main content of the email
  • subject (string, required): The subject line of the email
  • attachments (array of strings or string, optional): Email attachments (filenames)

• search_attachments - Searches for files in a specified directory that match a given pattern.

  • pattern (string, required): The text pattern to search for in file names

Prompts

• send_email

  • Send an email with optional attachments
  • Arguments:
    • receiver (required): The list of recipient email addresses
    • body (required): The main content of the email
    • subject (required): The subject line of the email
    • attachments (optional): Email attachments

• search_attachments

  • Search for files matching a pattern
  • Arguments:
    • pattern (required): The text pattern to search for in file names

Installation

Using pip

Install the required dependencies:

pip install pydantic python-dotenv

Email Configuration

An email.json file with SMTP server configurations:

[
  {
    "domain": "@gmail.com",
    "server": "smtp.gmail.com", 
    "port": 587
  },
  {
    "domain": "@outlook.com",
    "server": "smtp.office365.com",
    "port": 587
  },
  {
    "domain": "@yahoo.com",
    "server": "smtp.mail.yahoo.com",
    "port": 587
  }
]

Usage

Running the Server

Start the MCP Email Server with:

python -m mcp_email_server (--dir /path/to/attachment/directory)

Configure for Claude.app

Add to your Claude settings:

Conda

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": {
      "command": "D:\\conda\\envs\\mcp\\python.exe",
      "args": [
        "C:\\Users\\YourUserName\\Desktop\\servers\\src\\email\\src\\mcp_server_email",
        "--dir",
        "C:\\Users\\YourUserName\\Desktop"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SENDER": "2593666979q@gmail.com",
        "PASSWORD": "tuogk......."
      }
    }
  }
}

UV

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "~\\servers\\src\\email\\src\\mcp_server_email",
        "--dir",
        "C:\\Users\\YourUserName\\Desktop"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SENDER": "2593666979q@gmail.com",
        "PASSWORD": "tuogk......."
      }
    }
  }
}

Security Notes

• For Gmail and other services, you may need to use an app-specific password
• The server supports a limited set of attachment file types for security reasons

Supported File Types

The server supports the following attachment file types:

• Documents: doc, docx, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, pdf
• Archives: zip, rar, 7z, tar, gz
• Text files: txt, log, csv, json, xml
• Images: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, bmp
• Other: md

Example Usage

Sending an Email

{
  "receiver": ["recipient@example.com"],
  "subject": "Test Email from MCP Server",
  "body": "This is a test email sent via the MCP Email Server.",
  "attachments": ["document.pdf", "image.jpg"]
}

Searching for Attachments

{
  "pattern": "report"
}