Copy Mail settings from one mac to another

I have a main desktop running snow leopard, but just acquired a powerbook g4 with Tiger on it. How can I transfer my my mail settings from my desktop to my powerbook? or can i?
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Hi, I never tried going backwards with it, but the files/folders involved for 10.4 anyway are...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist
Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail
Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail Downloads
(Could be a different folder here if you chose such in Mail Prefs)
For Address Book...
Files...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.AddressBook.abd.plist
Folders...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/com.apple.AddressBook/

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