diff --git a/backend/src/util/sendEMail.test.ts b/backend/src/util/sendEMail.test.ts
index 60b338974..76f7ad016 100644
--- a/backend/src/util/sendEMail.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/util/sendEMail.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { sendEMail } from './sendEMail'
+import sendEmail from './sendEMail'
 import { createTransport } from 'nodemailer'
 import CONFIG from '../config'
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe('sendEMail', () => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     console.log = consoleLogMock
     beforeEach(async () => {
-      result = await sendEMail({
+      result = await sendEmail.sendEMail({
         from: 'sender@mail.org',
         to: 'receiver@mail.org',
         subject: 'Subject',
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('sendEMail', () => {
   describe('config email is true', () => {
     beforeEach(async () => {
       CONFIG.EMAIL = true
-      result = await sendEMail({
+      result = await sendEmail.sendEMail({
         from: 'sender@mail.org',
         to: 'receiver@mail.org',
         subject: 'Subject',
@@ -83,3 +83,29 @@ describe('sendEMail', () => {
     })
   })
 })
+
+describe('sendAccountActivationEmail', () => {
+  const spy = jest.spyOn(sendEmail, 'sendEMail')
+  beforeEach(async () => {
+    jest.clearAllMocks()
+    await sendEmail.sendAccountActivationEmail(
+      'activationLink',
+      'Petet',
+      'Lustig',
+      'peter@lustig.de',
+    )
+  })
+
+  it.skip('calls sendEMail', () => {
+    expect(spy).toBeCalledWith(
+      expect.objectContaining({
+        from: `Gradido (nicht antworten) <${CONFIG.EMAIL_SENDER}>`,
+        to: `Peter Lustig <peter@lustig.de'>`,
+        subject: 'Gradido: E-Mail Überprüfung',
+        text:
+          expect.stringContaining('Hallo Peter Lustig') &&
+          expect.stringContaining('activationLink'),
+      }),
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/backend/src/util/sendEMail.ts b/backend/src/util/sendEMail.ts
index 0221c001c..5ef2117b7 100644
--- a/backend/src/util/sendEMail.ts
+++ b/backend/src/util/sendEMail.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { createTransport } from 'nodemailer'
 
 import CONFIG from '../config'
 
-const sendEMail = async (emailDef: {
+export const sendEMail = async (emailDef: {
   from: string
   to: string
   subject: string
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const sendEMail = async (emailDef: {
   return true
 }
 
-const sendAccountActivationEmail = (
+export const sendAccountActivationEmail = (
   activationLink: string,
   firstName: string,
   lastName: string,
@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@ const sendAccountActivationEmail = (
   })
 }
 
-export { sendAccountActivationEmail, sendEMail }
+export default { sendAccountActivationEmail, sendEMail }