Repository URL → git.sulkta.com. Drop Lucy Browserless IPs from tool doc-strings (replaced with abstract 'sandboxed headless browser' guidance). Drop sibling-repo cross-references, kayos@/cobb@ mailbox examples in tool descriptions, vault pointers. Generalize config.example.toml + README to neutral hosts. Add LICENSE (MIT — Cargo.toml already declared it). Tests still green. No behavior change. |
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mail-mcp
Rust MCP server for IMAP/SMTP. SMTP send + IMAP read with RFC-correct headers,
multipart/alternative when HTML is included, multipart/mixed for attachments,
threading via In-Reply-To / References.
Tools (v0.1)
mail_send—account?,to,cc[]?,bcc[]?,subject,body,body_html?,attachments[]?,in_reply_to?,references[]?. Returns{message_id, sent_at}.mail_inbox_list— newest-first listing.account?,since?(YYYY-MM-DD),unread_only?,limit?(default 50, max 500),folder?(default INBOX). UsesBODY.PEEK— does not toggle\Seen.mail_inbox_read— fetch one message by UID.account?,uid,folder?,format?(text|html|raw_eml). Attachment payloads NOT inlined — only{filename, mime_type, size}metadata.
Outbound headers
Date— UTC, RFC 5322 (lettre auto)Message-ID—<UUIDv4@<from_addr_domain>>— own-domain, not the container hostnameFrom—name <addr>MIME-Version: 1.0User-Agent: mail-mcp/<version>In-Reply-To+Referenceswhen threading args presentContent-Typecorrect for body shape (text-only / alternative / mixed)
DKIM-Signature is applied by the relay, not the client.
Build
cargo build --release
Binary at target/release/mail-mcp.
Config
mkdir -p ~/.config/mail-mcp
cp config.example.toml ~/.config/mail-mcp/config.toml
chmod 600 ~/.config/mail-mcp/config.toml
Passwords are never inline. Per account:
- read from the env var named in
password_env - otherwise from
password_file(shell-formatKEY=VALUEper line) - hard fail if neither resolves
MCP wiring
{
"mcpServers": {
"mail-mcp": {
"command": "/usr/local/bin/mail-mcp",
"args": []
}
}
}
Logging is stderr-only — stdout is the JSON-RPC transport.
Safety
mail_inbox_read returns attacker-controlled bytes. Do NOT auto-fetch URLs
found in inbound mail — web beacons confirm read and links may be phishing.
Default deny on every URL; surface as text and wait for explicit per-link
authorization. If a fetch is authorized, route through a sandboxed headless
browser rather than curl / WebFetch from the production host. Attachment
bytes get the same treatment.
License
MIT — see LICENSE.