diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ConnectionHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ConnectionHelper.java
index ad78278e1c..ea695d62a3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ConnectionHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/ConnectionHelper.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ import java.net.Inet4Address;
 import java.net.Inet6Address;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
+import java.net.InterfaceAddress;
+import java.net.NetworkInterface;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.security.cert.Certificate;
 import java.security.cert.CertificateParsingException;
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ import java.security.cert.X509Certificate;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -543,6 +546,36 @@ public class ConnectionHelper {
         }
     }
 
+    static boolean[] has46(Context context) {
+        boolean has4 = false;
+        boolean has6 = false;
+        try {
+            Enumeration<NetworkInterface> interfaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
+            while (interfaces != null && interfaces.hasMoreElements()) {
+                NetworkInterface ni = interfaces.nextElement();
+                for (InterfaceAddress iaddr : ni.getInterfaceAddresses()) {
+                    InetAddress addr = iaddr.getAddress();
+                    boolean local = (addr.isLoopbackAddress() || addr.isLinkLocalAddress());
+                    EntityLog.log(context, "Interface=" + ni + " addr=" + addr + " local=" + local);
+                    if (!local)
+                        if (addr instanceof Inet4Address)
+                            has4 = true;
+                        else if (addr instanceof Inet6Address)
+                            has6 = true;
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Throwable ex) {
+            Log.e(ex);
+            /*
+                java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to read from field 'java.util.List java.net.NetworkInterface.childs' on a null object reference
+                    at java.net.NetworkInterface.getAll(NetworkInterface.java:498)
+                    at java.net.NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces(NetworkInterface.java:398)
+             */
+        }
+
+        return new boolean[]{has4, has6};
+    }
+
     static List<String> getCommonNames(Context context, String domain, int port, int timeout) throws IOException {
         List<String> result = new ArrayList<>();
         InetSocketAddress address = new InetSocketAddress(domain, port);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EmailService.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EmailService.java
index 6071548bb4..e04e553f06 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EmailService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EmailService.java
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ import java.net.ConnectException;
 import java.net.Inet4Address;
 import java.net.Inet6Address;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
-import java.net.InterfaceAddress;
-import java.net.NetworkInterface;
 import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -537,7 +534,7 @@ public class EmailService implements AutoCloseable {
 
             boolean prefer_ip4 = prefs.getBoolean("prefer_ip4", true);
             if (prefer_ip4 && main instanceof Inet6Address) {
-                boolean[] has46 = has46(context);
+                boolean[] has46 = ConnectionHelper.has46(context);
                 if (has46[0])
                     try {
                         for (InetAddress iaddr : InetAddress.getAllByName(host))
@@ -620,7 +617,7 @@ public class EmailService implements AutoCloseable {
                     int ip4 = (main instanceof Inet4Address ? 1 : 0);
                     int ip6 = (main instanceof Inet6Address ? 1 : 0);
 
-                    boolean[] has46 = has46(context);
+                    boolean[] has46 = ConnectionHelper.has46(context);
 
                     EntityLog.log(context, "Address main=" + main +
                             " count=" + iaddrs.length +
@@ -775,36 +772,6 @@ public class EmailService implements AutoCloseable {
             throw new NoSuchProviderException(protocol);
     }
 
-    static boolean[] has46(Context context) {
-        boolean has4 = false;
-        boolean has6 = false;
-        try {
-            Enumeration<NetworkInterface> interfaces = NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces();
-            while (interfaces != null && interfaces.hasMoreElements()) {
-                NetworkInterface ni = interfaces.nextElement();
-                for (InterfaceAddress iaddr : ni.getInterfaceAddresses()) {
-                    InetAddress addr = iaddr.getAddress();
-                    boolean local = (addr.isLoopbackAddress() || addr.isLinkLocalAddress());
-                    EntityLog.log(context, "Interface=" + ni + " addr=" + addr + " local=" + local);
-                    if (!local)
-                        if (addr instanceof Inet4Address)
-                            has4 = true;
-                        else if (addr instanceof Inet6Address)
-                            has6 = true;
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (Throwable ex) {
-            Log.e(ex);
-            /*
-                java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to read from field 'java.util.List java.net.NetworkInterface.childs' on a null object reference
-                    at java.net.NetworkInterface.getAll(NetworkInterface.java:498)
-                    at java.net.NetworkInterface.getNetworkInterfaces(NetworkInterface.java:398)
-             */
-        }
-
-        return new boolean[]{has4, has6};
-    }
-
     static Map<String, String> getId(Context context) {
         Map<String, String> id = new LinkedHashMap<>();
         id.put("name", context.getString(R.string.app_name));