# get-mailbox-settings

Get the user's mailboxSettings. You can view all mailbox settings, or get specific settings. Users can set the following settings for their mailboxes through an Outlook client: Users can set their preferred date and time formats using Outlook on the web. Users can choose one of the supported short date or short time formats. This GET operation returns the format the user has chosen. Users can set the time zone they prefer on any Outlook client, by choosing from the supported time zones that their administrator has set up for their mailbox server. The administrator can set up time zones in the Windows time zone format or Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) time zone (also known as Olson time zone) format. The Windows format is the default. This GET operation returns the user's preferred time zone in the format that the administrator has set up. If you want that time zone to be in a specific format (Windows or IANA), you can first update the preferred time zone in that format as a mailbox setting. Subsequently you will be able to get the time zone in that format. Alternatively, you can manage the format conversion separately in your app. 💡 TIP: Gets the current user's mailbox settings including automaticRepliesSetting (out-of-office status, message, scheduledStartDateTime/EndDateTime, externalAudience), language, timeZone, dateFormat, timeFormat, delegateMeetingMessageDeliveryOptions, and userPurpose.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `get-mailbox-settings`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/get-mailbox-settings

## Facts

- Tool: `get-mailbox-settings`
- Server: Ms 365 (`@jo3zik/ms-365-mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server.md
- Install: `npx -y @jo3zik/ms-365-mcp-server`
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@jo3zik/ms-365-mcp-server
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 5
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `expand` | array | no | Navigation properties to inline, e.g. attachments on a message or event. Only navigation properties can be expanded: expanding a non-navigation property such as |
| `select` | string | no | Comma-separated fields to return, e.g. id,subject,from,receivedDateTime |
| `fetchAllPages` | boolean | no | Follow @odata.nextLink and merge up to 100 pages into one response. Can return enormous payloads—only when the user explicitly needs a full export. Prefer a sma |
| `includeHeaders` | boolean | no | Include response headers (including ETag) in the response metadata |
| `excludeResponse` | boolean | no | Exclude the full response body and only return success or failure indication |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get-mailbox-settings",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why get-mailbox-settings is rated Low

Even though get-mailbox-settings only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

Risk signals: Admin/system-level operation

## Use case

AI agents call get-mailbox-settings to retrieve information from Ms 365 without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Ms 365:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get-mailbox-settings": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Ms 365 (193)

- `cancel-calendar-event` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/cancel-calendar-event.md
- `clear-excel-range` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/clear-excel-range.md
- `delete-calendar` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-calendar.md
- `delete-calendar-event` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-calendar-event.md
- `delete-contact-folder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-contact-folder.md
- `delete-drive-item-permission` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-drive-item-permission.md
- `delete-excel-range` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-excel-range.md
- `delete-excel-table-row` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-excel-table-row.md
- `delete-focused-inbox-override` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-focused-inbox-override.md
- `delete-mail-attachment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-mail-attachment.md
- `delete-mail-folder` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-mail-folder.md
- `delete-mail-message` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-mail-message.md
- `delete-mail-rule` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-mail-rule.md
- `delete-my-calendar-permission` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-my-calendar-permission.md
- `delete-onedrive-file` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-onedrive-file.md
- `delete-onenote-page` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-onenote-page.md
- `delete-outlook-contact` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-outlook-contact.md
- `delete-planner-bucket` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-planner-bucket.md
- `delete-planner-task-message` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-planner-task-message.md
- `delete-specific-calendar-event` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-specific-calendar-event.md
- `delete-subscription` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-subscription.md
- `delete-todo-linked-resource` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-todo-linked-resource.md
- `delete-todo-task` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-todo-task.md
- `delete-todo-task-list` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/delete-todo-task-list.md
- `graph-batch` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/graph-batch.md
- `logout` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/logout.md
- `remove-account` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/remove-account.md
- `parse-teams-url` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/parse-teams-url.md
- `tentatively-accept-calendar-event` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/tentatively-accept-calendar-event.md
- `dismiss-calendar-event-reminder` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server/dismiss-calendar-event-reminder.md
- …and 163 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/jo3zik-ms-365-mcp-server