diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 942ac2a86..b754ae5ed 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
 ### Changes
+- Only send IncomingMsgBunch if there are more than 0 new messages #3941
 
 ### API-Changes
 
diff --git a/src/imap.rs b/src/imap.rs
index 94d4223d2..8bf71b4c3 100644
--- a/src/imap.rs
+++ b/src/imap.rs
@@ -828,11 +828,13 @@ impl Imap {
 
         info!(context, "{} mails read from \"{}\".", read_cnt, folder);
 
-        let msg_ids = received_msgs
+        let msg_ids: Vec<MsgId> = received_msgs
             .iter()
             .flat_map(|m| m.msg_ids.clone())
             .collect();
-        context.emit_event(EventType::IncomingMsgBunch { msg_ids });
+        if !msg_ids.is_empty() {
+            context.emit_event(EventType::IncomingMsgBunch { msg_ids });
+        }
 
         chat::mark_old_messages_as_noticed(context, received_msgs).await?;