How reduce mail folder

Hi, I´ve got a 12GB mail folder, and dont know how can I make it smaller without lossing more mails, Ive just trash all the old mail but, the weight change just a bit, is there another way to clean it?
thanks a lot.

Hello,
Did you originally use Mail in version prior to 2.x, and convert when upgrading to Tiger? If so, then you might want to examine all your mailboxes to see if some original files, no longer used in Mail 2.x, are unnecessarily making your Mail folder larger. See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301315
This issue of leftover files applies not only to mailboxes you have previously created (which are in the Mailboxes folder the article mentioned) but can also apply to those mailboxes in account folders created prior to the upgrade to Tiger.
It may also be useful to compare the size of any file named "mbox" with that of the Messages folder. If the mbox is greater in size than the Messages folder, then not all messages have been converted to be in the Messages folder.
The path to the Mail folder, as I believe you know, is Home/Library/Mail -- within the Mail folder are one or more account folders and the Mailboxes folder.
Don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have, if you confirm there are leftover files.
Ernie

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