How do I install mcp-server-email?

Its own README gives this command: python -m mcp_email_server (--dir /path/to/attachment/directory). Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.

Is mcp-server-email official and is it maintained?

We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 81 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-04-27.

What licence does mcp-server-email use?

The repository declares the MIT licence.

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mcp-server-email

mcp-server-email is an MCP server, listed under communication. It reaches gmail. Its repository has 81 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-23.

This software connects to various email services including Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, QQ Mail, and 126 Mail, using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to send emails with attachments and search files in specified directories. It requires secure SMTP credentials for transmission.

Install

Read from mcp-server-email’s own README, close to verbatim -- not written by us, and not guessed.

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

View in mcp-server-email’s own README ↗

What it reaches, and what it needs

Reaches

gmail

Credential

○ none found

Maintenance

Stars

State

stale

Licence

MIT

From the repository

一个基于 MCP (Model Context Protocol) 的邮件服务，支持 LLM 发送带附件的电子邮件及在指定目录中搜索文件。提供安全的 SMTP 传输、多收件人支持和附件模式匹配搜索功能，适用于 Gmail、Outlook、Yahoo、QQ 邮箱和网易 126 邮箱等主流邮箱服务。

View on GitHub ↗2026-10-23

What mcp-server-email can do

2 tools documented in its README. An AI client calls these by name.

send_email: Sends emails based on the provided subject, body, and receiver.
search_attachments: Searches for files in a specified directory that match a given pattern.

Read from the README; names are kept only if the README contains them.

mcp-server-email compared with similar servers

mcp-server-email compared with the closest alternatives, by services reached, credentials, stars, last update and licence
Server	Reaches	Needs	Stars	Last update	Licence
mcp-server-email (this page)	gmail	None listed	81	2025-04-27	MIT
google-workspace-mcp	gmail, google(1 shared)	GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET	192	2026-10-21	Apache-2.0
mail-mcp	gmail, mail(1 shared)	MAIL_OAUTH2_DEFAULT_CLIENT_SECRET, MAIL_OAUTH2_DEFAULT_REFRESH_TOKEN, MAIL_OAUTH2_WORK_CLIENT_SECRET, MAIL_OAUTH2_WORK_REFRESH_TOKEN	108	2026-10-23	MIT
mcp-headless-gmail	gmail(1 shared)	None listed	55	2025-05-24	MIT
mail-use	gmail(1 shared)	None listed	47	2026-10-13	MIT
google-workspace-mcp-server	gmail, google(1 shared)	GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN	31	2024-12-29	MIT

Ranked by services in common with mcp-server-email, then by stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about mcp-server-email

What does mcp-server-email do?: This software connects to various email services including Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, QQ Mail, and 126 Mail, using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to send emails with attachments and search files in specified directories. It requires secure SMTP credentials for transmission.
How do I install mcp-server-email?: Its own README gives this command: python -m mcp_email_server (--dir /path/to/attachment/directory). Run it where your MCP client can launch the server, and check the README for any settings it asks for.
What does mcp-server-email connect to, and what does it need?: It reaches gmail.
Is mcp-server-email official and is it maintained?: We found nothing naming it as a vendor’s official server. Its repository has 81 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is stale. Its last commit we recorded was on 2025-04-27.
What licence does mcp-server-email use?: The repository declares the MIT licence.

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