diff --git a/frappe/email/test_smtp.py b/frappe/email/test_smtp.py
index 869d708430..0b11c559a2 100644
--- a/frappe/email/test_smtp.py
+++ b/frappe/email/test_smtp.py
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 # License: The MIT License
 
 import unittest
+import frappe
 from frappe.email.smtp import SMTPServer
+from frappe.email.smtp import get_outgoing_email_account
 
 class TestSMTP(unittest.TestCase):
 	def test_smtp_ssl_session(self):
@@ -13,6 +15,57 @@ class TestSMTP(unittest.TestCase):
 		for port in [None, 0, 587, "587"]:
 			make_server(port, 0, 1)
 
+	def test_get_email_account(self):
+		existing_email_accounts = frappe.get_all("Email Account", fields = ["name", "enable_outgoing", "default_outgoing", "append_to"])
+		unset_details = {
+			"enable_outgoing": 0,
+			"default_outgoing": 0,
+			"append_to": None
+		}
+		for email_account in existing_email_accounts:
+			frappe.db.set_value('Email Account', email_account['name'], unset_details)
+
+		# remove mail_server config so that test@example.com is not created
+		mail_server = frappe.conf.get('mail_server')
+		del frappe.conf['mail_server']
+
+		frappe.local.outgoing_email_account = {}
+
+		frappe.local.outgoing_email_account = {}
+		# lowest preference given to email account with default incoming enabled
+		create_email_account(email_id="default_outgoing_enabled@gmail.com", password="***", enable_outgoing = 1, default_outgoing=1)
+		self.assertEqual(get_outgoing_email_account().email_id, "default_outgoing_enabled@gmail.com")
+
+		frappe.local.outgoing_email_account = {}
+		# highest preference given to email account with append_to matching
+		create_email_account(email_id="append_to@gmail.com", password="***", enable_outgoing = 1, default_outgoing=1, append_to="Blog Post")
+		self.assertEqual(get_outgoing_email_account(append_to="Blog Post").email_id, "append_to@gmail.com")
+
+		# add back the mail_server
+		frappe.conf['mail_server'] = mail_server
+		for email_account in existing_email_accounts:
+			set_details = {
+				"enable_outgoing": email_account['enable_outgoing'],
+				"default_outgoing": email_account['default_outgoing'],
+				"append_to": email_account['append_to']
+			}
+			frappe.db.set_value('Email Account', email_account['name'], set_details)
+
+def create_email_account(email_id, password, enable_outgoing, default_outgoing=0, append_to=None):
+	email_dict = {
+		"email_id": email_id,
+		"passsword": password,
+		"enable_outgoing":enable_outgoing ,
+		"default_outgoing":default_outgoing ,
+		"enable_incoming": 1,
+		"append_to":append_to,
+		"is_dummy_password": 1,
+		"smtp_server": "localhost"
+	}
+
+	email_account = frappe.new_doc('Email Account')
+	email_account.update(email_dict)
+	email_account.save()
 
 def make_server(port, ssl, tls):
 	server = SMTPServer(
@@ -22,4 +75,4 @@ def make_server(port, ssl, tls):
 		use_tls = tls
 	)
 
-	server.sess
\ No newline at end of file
+	server.sess