diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11cb919e1..4a72189f2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Compress `mime_headers` column with HTML emails stored in database
 - Strip BIDI characters in system messages, files, group names and contact names #3479
 - maybe_add_time_based_warnings(): Use release date instead of the provider DB update one
+- Remove confusing log line "ignoring unsolicited response Recent(…)" #3934
 - Cleanly terminate deltachat-rpc-server.
   Also terminate on ctrl-c.
 - Refactorings #4317
diff --git a/src/imap.rs b/src/imap.rs
index 2de7b666d..a82b45a0a 100644
--- a/src/imap.rs
+++ b/src/imap.rs
@@ -1740,17 +1740,37 @@ impl Session {
     /// If this returns `true`, this means that new emails arrived and you should
     /// fetch again, even if you just fetched.
     fn server_sent_unsolicited_exists(&self, context: &Context) -> Result<bool> {
+        use async_imap::imap_proto::Response;
+        use async_imap::imap_proto::ResponseCode;
+        use UnsolicitedResponse::*;
+
         let mut unsolicited_exists = false;
         while let Ok(response) = self.unsolicited_responses.try_recv() {
             match response {
-                UnsolicitedResponse::Exists(_) => {
+                Exists(_) => {
                     info!(
                         context,
                         "Need to fetch again, got unsolicited EXISTS {:?}", response
                     );
                     unsolicited_exists = true;
                 }
-                _ => info!(context, "ignoring unsolicited response {:?}", response),
+
+                // We are not interested in the following responses and they are are
+                // sent quite frequently, so, we ignore them without logging them
+                Expunge(_) | Recent(_) => {}
+                Other(response_data)
+                    if matches!(
+                        response_data.parsed(),
+                        Response::Fetch { .. }
+                            | Response::Done {
+                                code: Some(ResponseCode::CopyUid(_, _, _)),
+                                ..
+                            }
+                    ) => {}
+
+                _ => {
+                    info!(context, "got unsolicited response {:?}", response)
+                }
             }
         }
         Ok(unsolicited_exists)