Telnyx vs Email (IMAP/SMTP)
Telnyx is an MCP server published by docker. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Docker MCP Catalog). Email (IMAP/SMTP) is an MCP server published by mindstone. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-18. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  Email (IMAP/SMTP) | |
|---|---|---|
| Docker MCP Catalog | Listed Version: not stated No figure published Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.3.2 Downloads/month (npm): 477 Downloads/week (npm): 118 Forks (GitHub): 4 Stars (GitHub): 13 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | Telnyx | Email (IMAP/SMTP) |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 13 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | No figure on GitHub | 4 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Remote server (api.telnyx.com/v2/mcp) | On your machine (@mindstone/mcp-server-email-imap) |
| Transport (differs) | Streamable HTTP | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | 1, secrets among them: 1 | 11, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | Not stated | github.com/mindstone/mcp-servers |
| Changes in the last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-11 |
| Endpoint at the last check (differs) | Answered with HTTP 404 (2 days ago) | no remote endpoint we check |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
Telnyx
Enables interaction with powerful telephony, messaging, and AI assistant APIs.
Email (IMAP/SMTP)
Email IMAP/SMTP MCP server: iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and custom IMAP providers
How to run each
Telnyx As a remote MCP server
claude mcp add --transport http telnyx https://api.telnyx.com/v2/mcpRequires: TELNYX_API_KEY (secret)
Email (IMAP/SMTP) As a local MCP server: npm package
claude mcp add --env "EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL=<YOUR_EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL>" --env "EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD=<YOUR_EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD>" --transport stdio mcp-server-email-imap -- npx -y @mindstone/mcp-server-email-imapRequires: EMAIL_IMAP_EMAIL, EMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Only Telnyx has a remote endpoint we check. How we check endpoints
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Only Telnyx asks for
TELNYX_API_KEY (secret)
Only Email (IMAP/SMTP) asks for
EMAIL_IMAP_EMAILEMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_HOSTEMAIL_IMAP_IMAP_PORTEMAIL_IMAP_MAX_RECIPIENTSEMAIL_IMAP_PASSWORD (secret)EMAIL_IMAP_PROVIDEREMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_PER_HOUREMAIL_IMAP_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW_MSEMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_HOSTEMAIL_IMAP_SMTP_PORTMCP_WORKSPACE_PATH
Settings as each marketplace publishes them. Asking for fewer is not better in itself.
What it can do: Telnyx · What it can do: Email (IMAP/SMTP) · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.