MAILBOX ALMOST FULL

I'm getting the message, "Mailbox is at 92% of quota."
Can someone offer creative strategies, if they exist, for making more space, besides the obvious ones (purchasing more space, deleting emails)?
Thanks in advance to all who answer.
TW

The default account type when creating a .Mac account with the Mail.app is a .Mac type account which is really an IMAP type account and behaves in the same way.
You also have the option to create the account as an IMAP or POP type account with the Mail.app and with other email clients.
With a .Mac type account, you have the option of adjusting the available amount of server storage space devoted to email and for iDisk space, backups, etc. You can increase the amount of server storage space for email which will decrease the amount of server storage space for iDisk, backups, etc. This is done via webmail access for your account preferences.
If the total amount of server storage space is at the limit, your only options are the obvious such as deleting email, removing data stored stored in your iDisk or purchasing more space.
If you don't access your email with an email client on another computer and don't regularly need to do so via webmail access on another computer, you can create/utilize "On My Mac" location mailboxes with the Mail.app to transfer received messages that you need to save. "On My Mac" location mailboxes are stored locally on the hard drive.
Transferring a message from the account's Inbox mailbox to a user created "On My Mac" location mailbox stores the transferred message locally on the hard drive and removes the message from the server at the same time.
In addition, if you are currently storing Drafts, Sent, Trash or Junk messages on the server with the Mail.app, you can store these messages locally on the hard drive instead which will also free up available server storage space.

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http://pondini.org/OSX/DiskSpace.html
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    Select "Library" from the dropdown.
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    Empty Trash. Restart.
3. Repair Disk
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1. Empty Trash.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10677
2. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
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    Select "Library" from the dropdown.
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    Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
    Empty Trash. Restart.
3. Repair Disk
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
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Hope this helps.
1. Empty Trash.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10677
2. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
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    Select "Library" from the dropdown.
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    Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
    Empty Trash. Restart.
3. Repair Disk
    Steps 1 through 7
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
4. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots
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5. Re-index Macintosh HD
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   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409

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what do i do if Your startup disk is almost full?

About “Other”
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6047
Try these steps.
1. Startup in Safe Mode
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH14204
2. Increase Disk Space
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13806?viewlocale=en_US
3. Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
    Hold the option key down and click "Go" menu in the Finder menu bar.
    Select "Library" from the dropdown.
    Library > Mail > V2 > Mailboxes
    Delete "Recovered Messages", if any.
    Empty Trash. Restart.
4. Repair Disk
    Steps 1 through 7
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
5. Local Time Machine Snap Shots
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6. Delete old iOS Devices Backup.
    iTunes > Preferences > Devices
    Highlight the old Backups , press “Delete Backup” and then “OK”.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
7. Re-index Macintosh HD
   System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy
   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
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