AI agents call server_status to retrieve information from IMAP MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the server for status and configuration metadata. It retrieves information without side effects, making it a Read operation. The severity is low because configuration details expose minimal risk unless the information leaks sensitive credentials (which would be poor server design). Even if misused by an AI agent, it cannot modify data, execute commands, or cause financial harm.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'server_status' and description 'Get server status and configuration info' indicate retrieval of system information without modification or execution of external operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access server_status gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and IMAP MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for server_status:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"server_status": {}
}
}server_status is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get server status and configuration info. It is categorised as a Read tool in the IMAP MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the IMAP MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for server_status: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches IMAP MCP Server. Nothing to install.
server_status is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the server_status rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for server_status. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
server_status is provided by the IMAP MCP Server MCP server (non-dirty/imap-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 16 IMAP MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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16 IMAP MCP Server tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.