Setting Up Your Green Party Email On Android
This guide covers adding your Green Party email to the two most common Android mail apps: the Gmail app and Samsung Email. Both work well with Stackmail's IMAP servers - you will need to enter the settings manually.
If you have done this before and need the server details, skip to the quick settings reference below.
Setting up on a different device or app?
Quick Settings Reference
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Account type | IMAP (recommended) |
| Incoming server | imap.stackmail.com |
| Incoming port | 993 |
| Incoming encryption | SSL/TLS |
| Outgoing server | smtp.stackmail.com |
| Outgoing port | 465 |
| Outgoing encryption | SSL/TLS |
| Username | Your full email address |
| Authentication | Same credentials for incoming and outgoing |
If you need the full walkthrough, read on.
Before You Start
Use IMAP, not POP3
When asked to choose an account type, always select IMAP. Do not select POP3 - it downloads emails to a single device and can remove them from the server, which means other devices and webmail will no longer see them. If you are not sure what this means, see Should I Use POP3 or IMAP For My Green Party Email?
You will need three things:
- Your Green Party email address (e.g. yourrole@localparty.greenparty.org.uk).
- The password you were given, or that you set through webmail.
- The Gmail app or Samsung Email app on your Android device.
Setting Up Your Email
Setting Up In The Gmail App
The Gmail app can handle non-Google email accounts through IMAP.
- Open the Gmail app.
- Tap your profile icon in the top-right corner.
- Tap Add another account.
- Select Other (do not select Google, Outlook, or Exchange).
- Enter your full Green Party email address and tap Next.
- Select Personal (IMAP).
- Enter your password and tap Next.
- Enter the incoming server settings:
a. Server: imap.stackmail.com
b. Port: 993
c. Security type: SSL/TLS - Tap Next.
- Enter the outgoing server settings:
a. Server: smtp.stackmail.com
b. Port: 465
c. Security type: SSL/TLS - Tap Next.
- Configure your sync options (how often to check for new mail, whether to get notifications) and tap Next.
- Give the account a name (e.g. "Green Party") and confirm the display name for outgoing emails.
- Tap Next to finish.
Gmail web is not the same as the Gmail app
Google is removing the ability to add external email accounts to Gmail's web interface (mail.google.com). The steps above are for the Gmail app on your phone, which still supports IMAP accounts.
Setting Up In Samsung Email
Samsung Email is pre-installed on Samsung Galaxy devices and handles IMAP accounts well.
- Open the Samsung Email app.
- If this is your first account, the setup screen appears automatically. Otherwise, go to Settings (gear icon) > Add account.
- Tap Other or IMAP account.
- Enter your full Green Party email address and your password.
- Tap Manual setup (do not let it try to auto-detect).
- Select IMAP account.
- Enter the incoming server settings:
a. Server: imap.stackmail.com
b. Port: 993
c. Security type: SSL/TLS - Enter the outgoing server settings:
a. Server: smtp.stackmail.com
b. Port: 465
c. Security type: SSL/TLS
d. Require authentication: ticked
e. Use same credentials as incoming: ticked - Tap Sign In or Done.
Verifying It Worked
Your Green Party inbox should appear in the app. Emails will start syncing - this may take a minute or two depending on how many messages you have. Send a test email to yourself to confirm both sending and receiving work.
Troubleshooting
"Authentication failed" error: The most common cause is a mistyped password or username. Make sure the username is your full email address (e.g. officer@localparty.greenparty.org.uk), not a shortened version. The password is case-sensitive.
Gmail app says "Couldn't connect to server": Double-check the server addresses and ports match the quick reference table above. Also make sure you selected Other at step 4, not Google or Outlook.
Can receive but cannot send: Confirm the outgoing server settings are smtp.stackmail.com, port 465, with SSL/TLS. In the Gmail app, go to the account settings and check the outgoing server configuration.
Emails are slow to arrive: In the Gmail app, IMAP accounts are checked on a schedule rather than pushed in real time. Go to your account settings and set the sync frequency to every 15 minutes for the best balance of timeliness and battery life.
Samsung Email keeps asking for the password: Make sure battery optimisation is not killing the app in the background. Go to Settings > Battery > Background usage limits and make sure Samsung Email is not on the sleeping or deep sleeping apps list.
If none of these solve it, raise a ticket and include your device model, Android version, and which app you are using.
Next Steps
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Next Steps
- Accessing Your Green Party Email Through Webmail - check email in a browser
- Creating an Email Signature - set up a consistent signature
- Should I Use POP3 or IMAP? - if you are wondering why we recommend IMAP
Stuck? Raise a ticket and we will take a look.
As helpful a bunch as we are, sometimes it's worth going straight to the official guides.
Official Android Guides
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| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol. Keeps your emails on the server and syncs them across all your devices. The recommended option. |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol. Downloads emails to one device and (usually) removes them from the server. Not recommended unless you have a specific reason. |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. The system used for sending outgoing email. |
| SSL/TLS | Encryption that protects your email data in transit between your computer and the server. |
| Stackmail | The email hosting service used by the Green Party, provided by 20i. |
Changelog
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| June 2026 | Article published. Covers Gmail app and Samsung Email on Android. |
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