diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index d5300f8..d891c08 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -10,4 +10,16 @@ class ActiveSupport::TestCase
   fixtures :all
 
   # Add more helper methods to be used by all tests here...
+
+  def email_from_eml(file_fixture_name)
+    eml = file_fixture(file_fixture_name).read
+    mail = Mail.from_source(eml)
+    email_importer = EmailImporter.new
+
+    email_importer.import(mail)
+  end
+
+  def assert_no_html(text)
+    assert_no_match(/<\/?(p|b|br|img)\/?>/, text)
+  end
 end