diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
index f15e75c92..5ccb1ec01 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/deltachat.h
@@ -7056,11 +7056,6 @@ void dc_event_unref(dc_event_t* event);
 /// `%1$s` will be replaced by a possibly more detailed, typically english, error description.
 #define DC_STR_ERROR                      112
 
-/// "Not supported by your provider."
-///
-/// Used in the connectivity view.
-#define DC_STR_NOT_SUPPORTED_BY_PROVIDER  113
-
 /// "Messages"
 ///
 /// Used as a subtitle in quota context; can be plural always.
diff --git a/src/quota.rs b/src/quota.rs
index b84874092..64fb97110 100644
--- a/src/quota.rs
+++ b/src/quota.rs
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
-use anyhow::{Context as _, Result, anyhow};
+use anyhow::{Context as _, Result};
 use async_imap::types::{Quota, QuotaResource};
 
+use crate::EventType;
 use crate::context::Context;
 use crate::imap::session::Session as ImapSession;
 use crate::tools::{self, time_elapsed};
-use crate::{EventType, stock_str};
 
 /// quota icon in connectivity is "yellow".
 pub const QUOTA_WARN_THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE: u64 = 80;
@@ -17,13 +17,25 @@ pub const QUOTA_WARN_THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE: u64 = 80;
 /// quota icon in connectivity is "red".
 pub const QUOTA_ERROR_THRESHOLD_PERCENTAGE: u64 = 95;
 
+/// [QuotaInfo] error.
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    /// Quota info not supported by the provider
+    #[error("Quota info not supported by the provider")]
+    NotSupportedByProvider,
+
+    /// Any other error: network, parsing, etc.
+    #[error("{0:#}")]
+    Other(#[from] anyhow::Error),
+}
+
 /// Server quota information with an update timestamp.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct QuotaInfo {
     /// Recently loaded quota information.
     /// set to `Err()` if the provider does not support quota or on other errors,
     /// set to `Ok()` for valid quota information.
-    pub(crate) recent: Result<BTreeMap<String, Vec<QuotaResource>>>,
+    pub(crate) recent: Result<BTreeMap<String, Vec<QuotaResource>>, Error>,
 
     /// When the structure was modified.
     pub(crate) modified: tools::Time,
@@ -76,9 +88,11 @@ impl Context {
         info!(self, "Transport {transport_id}: Updating quota.");
 
         let quota = if session.can_check_quota() {
-            get_unique_quota_roots_and_usage(session, folder).await
+            get_unique_quota_roots_and_usage(session, folder)
+                .await
+                .map_err(Error::Other)
         } else {
-            Err(anyhow!(stock_str::not_supported_by_provider(self)))
+            Err(Error::NotSupportedByProvider)
         };
 
         self.quota.write().await.insert(
diff --git a/src/scheduler/connectivity.rs b/src/scheduler/connectivity.rs
index 3cb822cc7..19086ac92 100644
--- a/src/scheduler/connectivity.rs
+++ b/src/scheduler/connectivity.rs
@@ -418,7 +418,11 @@ impl Context {
             };
             match &quota.recent {
                 Err(e) => {
-                    ret += &escaper::encode_minimal(&e.to_string());
+                    // If not supported by the provider,
+                    // just skip the "quota" section.
+                    if !matches!(e, crate::quota::Error::NotSupportedByProvider) {
+                        ret += &escaper::encode_minimal(&e.to_string());
+                    }
                 }
                 Ok(quota) => {
                     if quota.is_empty() {
diff --git a/src/stock_str.rs b/src/stock_str.rs
index dd2677e23..886f57b6b 100644
--- a/src/stock_str.rs
+++ b/src/stock_str.rs
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@ pub enum StockMessage {
     #[strum(props(fallback = "Error: %1$s"))]
     Error = 112,
 
-    #[strum(props(fallback = "Not supported by your provider."))]
-    NotSupportedByProvider = 113,
-
     #[strum(props(fallback = "Messages"))]
     Messages = 114,
 
@@ -1137,11 +1134,6 @@ pub(crate) fn error(context: &Context, error: &str) -> String {
     translated(context, StockMessage::Error).replace1(error)
 }
 
-/// Stock string: `Not supported by your provider.`.
-pub(crate) fn not_supported_by_provider(context: &Context) -> String {
-    translated(context, StockMessage::NotSupportedByProvider)
-}
-
 /// Stock string: `Messages`.
 /// Used as a subtitle in quota context; can be plural always.
 pub(crate) fn messages(context: &Context) -> String {