email-mcp vs everything

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	email-mcp by codefuturist	everything by modelcontextprotocol
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email-mcp · Summary

Full-featured MCP email server with IMAP/SMTP support, OAuth2, and AI-powered triage across multiple accounts.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

email-mcp · Use cases

AI assistants reading and responding to emails on behalf of users
Automated email management and triage based on custom rules
Cross-account email management from a single interface
Scheduling future emails and calendar event extraction
Email analytics and organization at scale

everything · Use cases

Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

email-mcp · Install

Installation

Quick Setup

# Run directly
npx @codefuturist/email-mcp setup

# Or install globally
npm install -g @codefuturist/email-mcp

Docker

docker pull ghcr.io/codefuturist/email-mcp:latest

Claude Desktop Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@codefuturist/email-mcp", "stdio"]
    }
  }
}

Environment Variables (Single Account)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "email": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@codefuturist/email-mcp", "stdio"],
      "env": {
        "MCP_EMAIL_ADDRESS": "you@gmail.com",
        "MCP_EMAIL_PASSWORD": "your-app-password",
        "MCP_EMAIL_IMAP_HOST": "imap.gmail.com",
        "MCP_EMAIL_SMTP_HOST": "smtp.gmail.com"
      }
    }
  }
}

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything

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