There are some settings in Google Mail that make it easier for Mac Mail, or any email client, to handle a large Gmail account. Instead of downloading and caching every email in the account you can set it to only cache the most recent messages. Then you can use the web interface for Gmail to search for older messages. (Download the video below if you are having trouble with the Patreon video player above.)
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