Description

n8n-nodes-imap-enhanced

This is an enhanced n8n community node that adds support for Installation

Installation

Follow the installation guide in the n8n community nodes documentation.

Use n8n-nodes-imap-enhanced in N8N settings to install the stable version.

To install beta version, use n8n-nodes-imap-enhanced@beta.

NPMJS: n8n-nodes-imap-enhanced

Operations

* Get list of mailboxes (including status information like number of messages) with limit parameter
* Get status of a mailbox (number of messages, etc.)
* Create a mailbox
* Rename a mailbox
* ~Delete a mailbox~ (disabled due to danger of accidental data loss and no apparent use case)

* Get list of emails from multiple mailboxes with limit parameter and three content formats (text, markdown, html)
* Get single email from multiple mailboxes with comprehensive content processing
* Download attachments from an email
* Move an email to another mailbox
* Copy an email into another mailbox
* Set/remove flags on an email (“seen”, “answered”, “flagged”, “deleted”, “draft”) with custom labels support
* Manage custom labels (add, remove, set custom labels/keywords)
* Create email draft in a mailbox
* Use n8n-nodes-eml node to create complex emails. It supports attachments and other features.

New Features

Professional Content Processing

Multiple Mailbox Support

Custom Labels Support

Limit Parameters

Text Search Limitations & Solutions

Output Structure

{
  "seq": 415,
  "uid": 18718,
  "mailboxPath": "INBOX",
  "envelope": {
    "subject": "Email Subject",
    "from": [{"name": "Sender", "address": "sender@example.com"}],
    "to": [{"name": "Recipient", "address": "recipient@example.com"}],
    "date": "2025-01-XX",
    "messageId": ""
  },
  "labels": ["\Seen"],
  "size": 12345,
  "text": "Plain text content",
  "markdown": "# HeadernnBold text",
  "html": "
HTML content
"
}

Usage Examples

Multiple Mailbox Search

To search for emails across multiple mailboxes:

1. Search All Mailboxes: Leave the “Mailbox” field empty to search all available mailboxes
2. Search Specific Mailboxes: Select multiple mailboxes (e.g., INBOX, Sent, Drafts)
3. Filter Results: Use n8n’s “Filter” node to search for specific text content

Text Search Workaround

For IMAP servers that don’t support text-based searches (like Alimail):

1. Use “Get Many” operation with empty mailbox selection (searches all mailboxes)
2. Add a “Filter” node after the IMAP node
3. Configure the filter to search in email fields like envelope.subject, textContent, htmlContent, etc.

Example filter expression:

{{ $json.envelope.subject.includes("Mary") || $json.textContent.includes("Mary") }}

Credentials

Currently, this node supports only basic authentication (username and password).
OAuth2 authentication is not supported yet.

> NOTE: You can reuse core N8N IMAP Trigger node credentials for this node.