Blog
From the inboxmcp blog
How-tos, background, and short explanations.
Guide
Connecting Claude to your IMAP mailbox
A step-by-step guide for making your existing mailbox available in Claude. No new account, no data migration required.
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Update
Update — Faster search, Sent folder, and clear errors
Search is dramatically faster on classic IMAP (subject-only default, opt-in full-text, date filter), sent mails now appear in the Sent folder, and errors carry a correlation ID.
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Release
Release 0.5.0 — sending mail
Send mail via SMTP and Microsoft 365, including shared mailboxes. SMTP is now optional when adding a mailbox, and every mailbox carries its own "Allow sending" checkbox.
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Guide
Connect ChatGPT to your mailbox
ChatGPT now supports custom MCP connectors on Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and Edu. Four steps, screenshots, and what's still rolling out.
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Update
Microsoft 365 is now officially supported
Connect Outlook with one click via OAuth. No app password, no second account. Reading, drafts and filing work the same way they do for IMAP.
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Release
Release 0.2.0 — editable drafts and attachments
Editable drafts with reply threading, single-attachment downloads with a 10 MB cap, and a hidden build-version popover in the customer portal.
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Update
inboxmcp is in review with Claude and ChatGPT
We've submitted to both major AI-assistant directories. What it means, what changes for you, and what you can already do today.
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Guide
Let Claude tidy your inbox every morning
Hand your morning inbox routine to Claude Cowork: a daily scheduled prompt sorts mail into folders and creates Todoist tasks for the things that actually need a human.
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Basics
The Model Context Protocol, explained
What the Model Context Protocol is, the problem it addresses and the role it plays in connecting AI applications to external data sources.
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Announcement
inboxmcp is now available
Today we are launching inboxmcp, a hosted service that connects classic IMAP mailboxes to modern AI assistants.