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This is a very round-about way, but you can:FindBigMail will label all your large quota-killing messages. Just click the various labels to show messages that are greater than the size indicated by the label.

... or this is a very round-about way, but you can:
  1. Download your emails with Gmail Backup. Each individual email is downloaded as an EML file. Many email programs can read EML files; they are just plain text.
  2. Prune out all the large EML files. You can sort all the EML files by size.
  3. Restore the backup to Gmail. You will probably need to delete the messages from Gmail, first.
 

I am using Gmail Backup to migrate my mail to a new Gmail account. Also, I am fixing the timezone on several emails. (They got the wrong timezone because I imported an Outlook IMAP store from a computer with a different timezone.)I am using Gmail Backup to migrate my mail to a new Gmail account. Also, I am fixing the timezone on several emails. (They got the wrong timezone because I imported an Outlook IMAP store from a computer with a different timezone.)

This is a very round-about way, but you can:

  1. Download your emails with Gmail Backup. Each individual email is downloaded as an EML file. Many email programs can read EML files; they are just plain text.
  2. Prune out all the large EML files. You can sort all the EML files by size.
  3. Restore the backup to Gmail. You will probably need to delete the messages from Gmail, first.
 

I am using Gmail Backup to migrate my mail to a new Gmail account. Also, I am fixing the timezone on several emails. (They got the wrong timezone because I imported an Outlook IMAP store from a computer with a different timezone.)

FindBigMail will label all your large quota-killing messages. Just click the various labels to show messages that are greater than the size indicated by the label.

... or this is a very round-about way, but you can:
  1. Download your emails with Gmail Backup. Each individual email is downloaded as an EML file. Many email programs can read EML files; they are just plain text.
  2. Prune out all the large EML files. You can sort all the EML files by size.
  3. Restore the backup to Gmail. You will probably need to delete the messages from Gmail, first.

I am using Gmail Backup to migrate my mail to a new Gmail account. Also, I am fixing the timezone on several emails. (They got the wrong timezone because I imported an Outlook IMAP store from a computer with a different timezone.)

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Leftium
Leftium
  • 2.4k
  • 1
  • 19
  • 27

This is a very round-about way, but you can:

  1. Download your emails with Gmail Backup. Each individual email is downloaded as an EML file. Many email programs can read EML files; they are just plain text.
  2. Prune out all the large EML files. You can sort all the EML files by size.
  3. Restore the backup to Gmail. You will probably need to delete the messages from Gmail, first.

I am using Gmail Backup to migrate my mail to a new Gmail account. Also, I am fixing the timezone on several emails. (They got the wrong timezone because I imported an Outlook IMAP store from a computer with a different timezone.)