diff --git a/src/Protocol/Imap.php b/src/Protocol/Imap.php
index 5947b444..23caa519 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Imap.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Imap.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Mail\Protocol;
 
+use Zend\Stdlib\ErrorHandler;
+
 /**
  * @category   Zend
  * @package    Zend_Mail
@@ -76,12 +78,14 @@ public function connect($host, $port = null, $ssl = false)
             $port = $ssl === 'SSL' ? 993 : 143;
         }
 
-        $errno  =  0;
-        $errstr = '';
-        $this->socket = @fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, self::TIMEOUT_CONNECTION);
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $this->socket = fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, self::TIMEOUT_CONNECTION);
+        $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
         if (!$this->socket) {
-            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot connect to host; error = ' . $errstr .
-                                                   ' (errno = ' . $errno . ' )');
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException(sprintf(
+                'cannot connect to host%s',
+                ($error ? sprintf('; error = %s (errno = %d )', $error->getMessage(), $error->getCode()) : '')
+            ), 0, $error);
         }
 
         if (!$this->_assumedNextLine('* OK')) {
diff --git a/src/Protocol/Pop3.php b/src/Protocol/Pop3.php
index 22e1cd80..92e41169 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/Pop3.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/Pop3.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Mail\Protocol;
 
+use Zend\Stdlib\ErrorHandler;
+
 /**
  * @category   Zend
  * @package    Zend_Mail
@@ -84,12 +86,14 @@ public function connect($host, $port = null, $ssl = false)
             $port = $ssl == 'SSL' ? 995 : 110;
         }
 
-        $errno  =  0;
-        $errstr = '';
-        $this->socket = @fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, self::TIMEOUT_CONNECTION);
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $this->socket = fsockopen($host, $port, $errno, $errstr, self::TIMEOUT_CONNECTION);
+        $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
         if (!$this->socket) {
-            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot connect to host; error = ' . $errstr
-                                . ' (errno = ' . $errno . ' )');
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException(sprintf(
+                'cannot connect to host%s',
+                ($error ? sprintf('; error = %s (errno = %d )', $error->getMessage(), $error->getCode()) : '')
+            ), 0, $error);
         }
 
         $welcome = $this->readResponse();
@@ -122,9 +126,11 @@ public function connect($host, $port = null, $ssl = false)
      */
     public function sendRequest($request)
     {
-        $result = @fputs($this->socket, $request . "\r\n");
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $result = fputs($this->socket, $request . "\r\n");
+        $error  = ErrorHandler::stop();
         if (!$result) {
-            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('send failed - connection closed?');
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('send failed - connection closed?', 0, $error);
         }
     }
 
@@ -138,9 +144,11 @@ public function sendRequest($request)
      */
     public function readResponse($multiline = false)
     {
-        $result = @fgets($this->socket);
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $result = fgets($this->socket);
+        $error  = ErrorHandler::stop();
         if (!is_string($result)) {
-            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('read failed - connection closed?');
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('read failed - connection closed?', 0, $error);
         }
 
         $result = trim($result);
diff --git a/src/Storage/Folder/Maildir.php b/src/Storage/Folder/Maildir.php
index d5d96560..7155bd33 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Folder/Maildir.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Folder/Maildir.php
@@ -89,10 +89,10 @@ protected function _buildFolderTree()
         $this->rootFolder->INBOX = new Storage\Folder('INBOX', 'INBOX', true);
 
         ErrorHandler::start(E_WARNING);
-        $dh = opendir($this->rootdir);
-        ErrorHandler::stop();
+        $dh    = opendir($this->rootdir);
+        $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
         if (!$dh) {
-            throw new Exception\RuntimeException("can't read folders in maildir");
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException("can't read folders in maildir", 0, $error);
         }
         $dirs = array();
 
diff --git a/src/Storage/Maildir.php b/src/Storage/Maildir.php
index efc56bd1..8c569c0c 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Maildir.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Maildir.php
@@ -267,22 +267,22 @@ protected function _openMaildir($dirname)
         }
 
         ErrorHandler::start(E_WARNING);
-        $dh = opendir($dirname . '/cur/');
-        ErrorHandler::stop();
+        $dh    = opendir($dirname . '/cur/');
+        $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
         if (!$dh) {
-            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot open maildir');
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot open maildir', 0, $error);
         }
         $this->_getMaildirFiles($dh, $dirname . '/cur/');
         closedir($dh);
 
         ErrorHandler::start(E_WARNING);
-        $dh = opendir($dirname . '/new/');
-        ErrorHandler::stop();
+        $dh    = opendir($dirname . '/new/');
+        $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
         if ($dh) {
             $this->_getMaildirFiles($dh, $dirname . '/new/', array(Mail\Storage::FLAG_RECENT));
             closedir($dh);
         } elseif (file_exists($dirname . '/new/')) {
-            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot read recent mails in maildir');
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot read recent mails in maildir', 0, $error);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Storage/Mbox.php b/src/Storage/Mbox.php
index cbdd1bdc..196da7c4 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Mbox.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Mbox.php
@@ -246,9 +246,11 @@ protected function openMboxFile($filename)
             $this->close();
         }
 
-        $this->fh = @fopen($filename, 'r');
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $this->fh = fopen($filename, 'r');
+        $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
         if (!$this->fh) {
-            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot open mbox file');
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot open mbox file', 0, $error);
         }
         $this->filename = $filename;
         $this->filemtime = filemtime($this->filename);
@@ -256,8 +258,8 @@ protected function openMboxFile($filename)
         if (!$this->isMboxFile($this->fh, false)) {
             ErrorHandler::start(E_WARNING);
             fclose($this->fh);
-            ErrorHandler::stop();
-            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException('file is not a valid mbox format');
+            $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException('file is not a valid mbox format', 0, $error);
         }
 
         $messagePos = array('start' => ftell($this->fh), 'separator' => 0, 'end' => 0);
@@ -380,13 +382,18 @@ public function __sleep()
      */
     public function __wakeup()
     {
-        if ($this->filemtime != @filemtime($this->filename)) {
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $filemtime = filemtime($this->filename);
+        ErrorHandler::stop();
+        if ($this->filemtime != $filemtime) {
             $this->close();
             $this->openMboxFile($this->filename);
         } else {
-            $this->fh = @fopen($this->filename, 'r');
+            ErrorHandler::start();
+            $this->fh = fopen($this->filename, 'r');
+            $error    = ErrorHandler::stop();
             if (!$this->fh) {
-                throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot open mbox file');
+                throw new Exception\RuntimeException('cannot open mbox file', 0, $error);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Storage/Message.php b/src/Storage/Message.php
index b86d92a3..85a747b6 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Message.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Message.php
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Mail\Storage;
 
+use Zend\Stdlib\ErrorHandler;
+
 /**
  * @category   Zend
  * @package    Zend_Mail
@@ -36,9 +38,11 @@ public function __construct(array $params)
     {
         if (isset($params['file'])) {
             if (!is_resource($params['file'])) {
-                $params['raw'] = @file_get_contents($params['file']);
+                ErrorHandler::start();
+                $params['raw'] = file_get_contents($params['file']);
+                $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
                 if ($params['raw'] === false) {
-                    throw new Exception\RuntimeException('could not open file');
+                    throw new Exception\RuntimeException('could not open file', 0, $error);
                 }
             } else {
                 $params['raw'] = stream_get_contents($params['file']);
diff --git a/src/Storage/Writable/Maildir.php b/src/Storage/Writable/Maildir.php
index b0d683d6..a4b4c373 100644
--- a/src/Storage/Writable/Maildir.php
+++ b/src/Storage/Writable/Maildir.php
@@ -48,23 +48,29 @@ public static function initMaildir($dir)
                 throw new StorageException\InvalidArgumentException('maildir must be a directory if already exists');
             }
         } else {
-            if (!mkdir($dir)) {
+            ErrorHandler::start();
+            $test  = mkdir($dir);
+            $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
+            if (!$test) {
                 $dir = dirname($dir);
                 if (!file_exists($dir)) {
-                    throw new StorageException\InvalidArgumentException("parent $dir not found");
+                    throw new StorageException\InvalidArgumentException("parent $dir not found", 0, $error);
                 } elseif (!is_dir($dir)) {
-                    throw new StorageException\InvalidArgumentException("parent $dir not a directory");
+                    throw new StorageException\InvalidArgumentException("parent $dir not a directory", 0, $error);
                 } else {
-                    throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('cannot create maildir');
+                    throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('cannot create maildir', 0, $error);
                 }
             }
         }
 
         foreach (array('cur', 'tmp', 'new') as $subdir) {
-            if (!@mkdir($dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $subdir)) {
+            ErrorHandler::start();
+            $test  = mkdir($dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $subdir);
+            $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
+            if (!$test) {
                 // ignore if dir exists (i.e. was already valid maildir or two processes try to create one)
                 if (!file_exists($dir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $subdir)) {
-                    throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('could not create subdir ' . $subdir);
+                    throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('could not create subdir ' . $subdir, 0, $error);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -155,9 +161,12 @@ public function createFolder($name, $parentFolder = null)
             }
         }
 
-        if (!@mkdir($fulldir) || !@mkdir($fulldir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'cur')) {
-            throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('error while creating new folder, may be created incompletely');
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        if (!mkdir($fulldir) || !mkdir($fulldir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'cur')) {
+            $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
+            throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('error while creating new folder, may be created incompletely', 0, $error);
         }
+        ErrorHandler::stop();
 
         mkdir($fulldir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'new');
         mkdir($fulldir . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'tmp');
@@ -639,8 +648,11 @@ public function setFlags($id, $flags)
         // NOTE: double dirname to make sure we always move to cur. if recent flag has been set (message is in new) it will be moved to cur.
         $new_filename = dirname(dirname($filedata['filename'])) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'cur' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . "$filedata[uniq]$info";
 
-        if (!@rename($filedata['filename'], $new_filename)) {
-            throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('cannot rename file');
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $test  = rename($filedata['filename'], $new_filename);
+        $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
+        if (!$test) {
+            throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('cannot rename file', 0, $error);
         }
 
         $filedata['flags']    = $flags;
@@ -664,8 +676,11 @@ public function removeMessage($id)
             $size = filesize($filename);
         }
 
-        if (!@unlink($filename)) {
-            throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('cannot remove message');
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $test  = unlink($filename);
+        $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
+        if (!$test) {
+            throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('cannot remove message', 0, $error);
         }
         unset($this->files[$id - 1]);
         // remove the gap
@@ -702,10 +717,10 @@ public function getQuota($fromStorage = false)
     {
         if ($fromStorage) {
             ErrorHandler::start(E_WARNING);
-            $fh = fopen($this->rootdir . 'maildirsize', 'r');
-            ErrorHandler::stop();
+            $fh    = fopen($this->rootdir . 'maildirsize', 'r');
+            $error = ErrorHandler::stop();
             if (!$fh) {
-                throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('cannot open maildirsize');
+                throw new StorageException\RuntimeException('cannot open maildirsize', 0, $error);
             }
             $definition = fgets($fh);
             fclose($fh);