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MCP Emails vs Email (IMAP/SMTP)
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Never-stored live email: read, send, organize, schedule and auto-triage Gmail or any IMAP mailbox.
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Email IMAP/SMTP MCP server: iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and custom IMAP providers
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours MCP Emails (96/100 against 85). MCP Emails is hosted and callable through the gateway; Email (IMAP/SMTP) runs on your own machine.
| MCP Emails | Email (IMAP/SMTP) | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A96/100 | A85/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Growing |
| GitHub stars | 6 | 12 |
| Downloads / week | 31 | – |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | — | 17 |
| Write actions | — | 17 |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0 | NOASSERTION |
| Last release | 2026-09-17 | 2026-09-13 |
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