HT4859 I want to exclude 'Mail' from from iCloud backup.

I want to reduce the amount of data being backed up on iCloud. So I dont want to backup my mails anymore. But now I cant stop the mails being backed up!
Need help!
Parvez

No SIr, it doesnt solve my problem. It IS actually trying to backup my mails. I had put backup of emails myself but when I saw that it needs a lot of storage space I want that mails should NOT be backed-up. And now I cannot undo that. Please see the attached image in which it shows that 46.8 MB is needed for Mails backup. I want to get rid of "Mail" part from this screen:

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