TS3276 Mail Messages Taking Up Too Much Room

I want my MAIL messages in the SENT file to be saved forever on the SERVER, but not on my laptop because they are taking up too much room.
How can I delete the SENT messages from the laptop without deleting them from the SERVER?
Thanks

If it is a POP account, go to the e-mail provider's web site and check for a settinbg there.
If it is an IMAP account, try Mail/Preferences/Accounts/Mailbox Behaviors - check the box to store on server.

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For information about the Other category in the Storage display, see this support article. If the Storage display seems to be inaccurate, try rebuilding the Spotlight index.
Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
iPhoto ▹ Empty Trash
Do the same in other applications, such as Aperture, that have an internal Trash feature. Then restart the computer. That will temporarily free up some space.
According to Apple documentation, you need at least 9 GB of available space on the startup volume (as shown in the Finder Info window) for normal operation. You also need enough space left over to allow for growth of the data. There is little or no performance advantage to having more available space than the minimum Apple recommends. Available storage space that you'll never use is wasted space.
When Time Machine backs up a portable Mac, some of the free space will be used to make local snapshots, which are backup copies of recently deleted files. The space occupied by local snapshots is reported as available by the Finder, and should be considered as such. In the Storage display of System Information, local snapshots are shown as Backups. The snapshots are automatically deleted when they expire or when free space falls below a certain level. You ordinarily don't need to, and should not, delete local snapshots yourself. If you followed bad advice to disable local snapshots by running a shell command, you may have ended up with a lot of data in the Other category. Ask for instructions in that case.
See this support article for some simple ways to free up storage space.
You can more effectively use a tool such as OmniDiskSweeper (ODS) or GrandPerspective (GP) to explore the volume and find out what's taking up the space. You can also delete files with it, but don't do that unless you're sure that you know what you're deleting and that all data is safely backed up. That means you have multiple backups, not just one. Note that ODS only works with OS X 10.8 or later. If you're running an older OS version, use GP.
Deleting files inside an iPhoto or Aperture library will corrupt the library. Any changes to a photo library must be made from within the application that created it. The same goes for Mail files.
Proceed further only if the problem isn't solved by the above steps.
ODS or GP can't see the whole filesystem when you run it just by double-clicking; it only sees files that you have permission to read. To see everything, you have to run it as root.
Back up all data now.
If you have more than one user account, make sure you're logged in as an administrator. The administrator account is the one that was created automatically when you first set up the computer.
Install the app you downloaded in the Applications folder as usual. Quit it if it's running.
Triple-click anywhere in the corresponding line of text below on this page to select it, then copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C:
sudo /Applications/OmniDiskSweeper.app/Contents/MacOS/OmniDiskSweeper
sudo /Applications/GrandPerspective.app/Contents/MacOS/GrandPerspective
Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:
Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window by pressing command-V. You'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
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I don't recommend that you make a habit of doing this. Don't delete anything as root. If something needs to be deleted, make sure you know what it is and how it got there, and then delete it by other, safer, means. When in doubt, leave it alone or ask for guidance.
When you're done with the app, quit it and also quit Terminal.

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I've got just few emails on my iPhone but in Usage it says that mail is taking up 3.5GB...how come ? how can i delete it ? where is the mail hidden ? thanks

Hi ProspectP,
The resource below will explain how to see how the storage space on your iPhone is being used by various applications, including Mail. For Mail and Messages especially, the photo and video attachments can take up a lot of space if you've saved them to your iPhone.
In the Mail app, in the list of Mailboxes, you will see a mailbox called Attachments, which shows you all of the emails that you have with attachments. Also, look at the settings for Mail. Tap on your primary mail account, and look in the Advanced settings. You can change the settings to removed deleted email from your device after one day, which will free up space.
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I bought a 32GB iphone so that I would be able to put a decent amount of music on it, but it seems to be eating the memory space. Itunes says I have 2GB of audio, but I only have 214 tracks (average 3-4 minute songs). Compared to my Creative Zen player the files are three times the size, and I can't tell much differece in the audio quality, so it seems a bit ridiculous. Is this something to do with Apple plus, and please can anyone recommend which format will give me decent quality music without taking up so much space? I'm guessing I'll have to delete the old files from itunes and copy them again in a different quality?
Message was edited by: Jai.

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that said,
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