How do I make Mail stop keeping all my old emails?

I have just done a scan of my MacBook using Disk Inventory X to try and work out what is taking up so much space on my hard drive. Turns out I have 94GB of mail. I am wondering if anyone can tell me how to get Mail to stop keeping all my old emails?

I have had a look in the time capsule.....bad news on that front, it is empty although it had been regualry updating every hour when it was connected previous (had a bit of a move around with both the office and home). This had happened before and Apple replaced the Time Capsule with a new one along with a new hardrive in the 27" iMac, I wonder if that same problem had not been resolved now seeing the Time Capsule has nothing backed up. My word this is frustrating, the hours I have spent on the phone with Apple tech and still having issues, anyway one thing at a time.
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