List all available Mail accounts. Returns: List of account names
AI agents call list_accounts to retrieve information from Apple Mail MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata about configured Mail accounts. It is purely informational with no side effects—it neither modifies data, executes operations, nor creates financial obligations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal: an AI agent could discover account names but cannot access email contents, send messages, or make changes. This is a classic Read category tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_accounts' and description 'List all available Mail accounts' with return type 'List of account names' indicates a query operation that retrieves information without modifying, deleting, or executing external operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_accounts gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Apple Mail MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_accounts:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_accounts": {}
}
}list_accounts is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all available Mail accounts. Returns: List of account names. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apple Mail MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apple Mail MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_accounts: 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 Apple Mail MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_accounts 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 list_accounts 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 list_accounts. 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.
list_accounts is provided by the Apple Mail MCP Server MCP server (patrickfreyer/apple-mail-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 26 Apple Mail MCP Server tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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