How to manage email storage on my iphone

Hi there
I have a 13GB iphone 5 which is running out of storage. When I look at my usage in the settings it says I have 1.2GB of mail. I only have a hotmail and bigpond account configured and have deleted as much email as possible but this has no impact in reducing the 1.2GB showing in the settings. I must only have about 40 emails on my phone which surely wouldn't use so much storage. How can I reduce the email storage to free up some room?
Cheers
Alan

Hi sandeepvaja,
Thanks for the question. After reviewing your post, it sounds like you have a lot of other data on the iPhone. I would recommend that you read this article, it may be able to help you isolate or resolve the issue.
If you get a "Not enough free space" alert on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support
Orphaned files might remain on your iOS device if it's physically disconnected while syncing music, podcasts, videos, or photos. This can prevent iTunes from syncing the iOS device on subsequent sync sessions. When this happens, you might see a large amount of "Other" disk usage for the iOS device in the Capacity indicator in iTunes. Try these steps:
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Have a nice day,
Mario

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