How do I transfer my emails and address book from Outlook Express 6....

...on my PC to Mail on my new IMac?
Thanks in advance,
Scott
IMac Mac OS X (10.4.4)
IMac   Mac OS X (10.4.4)  

Inigo,
Many thanks for this. This was very useful and a good starting point. I'm a very recently converted and proud new owner of one of the 20", 2GHz Intel Core Duo Imacs, and am in the process of converting all of my important files and data over from my home PC to my Mac.
So far all has gone well; sorting out my ITunes and Digital Photos was easy as pie, as was my documents, however my last hurdle to overcome is trying to transfer my emails from MS Outlook on my Home PC to my Mac Mail. I have tried your Thunderbird suggestion which seems to have me on the right track, but the outcome was that only 1 of the 130 emails in my Outlook Inbox were imported. I've also tried using installing Eudora on my Home PC and importing all my Outlook email to that, however each time I try that Eudora ends up crashing leaving me back at square one.
I will keep searching this discussion forum for other ideas, but in the meantime if you have any other helpful suggestion I'd be grateful!
Cheers,
Matt (aka: Mac&Me)
Apple Imac, 20", 2GHz, Intel Core Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   It rocks!

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