Wheres email on MAIL stored in HDD?

Hello...
Can any1 plz tell me the path where the emails are stored on MAIL...I want to know the path on the hard drive..
So that I delete unnecessary email, and the attachments and create some more space on the hard drive..
Thanx,
Dipti Lavya

Hi Dipti, the directory on your hard drive where mail stores it's data is home/Library/Mail. Home is your home user directory.
With that said, deleting messages from this folder is not the proper way to delete them. Use the mail.app and delete them there, then empty the trash in mail. I'm not sure of the problems caused from deleting them via Finder, but it's probably not good.
If you try to access your messages through the finder, you will have problems. They are named with an arbitrary naming pattern, and it will be very difficult to identify the message you want to remove. Use the mail application.

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