EMac to iMac

I'm planning on getting a new 21" iMac for my girlfriend for Christmas. She currently has an eMac, about 7 years old. It is running 10.3.9.
The only things that will need to be transferred to the new machine will be Safari bookmarks, Mail settings, messages, prefs, and some documents. Everything else I will reinstall.
Awhile back on these forums, I was able to search and find a post that detailed the exact locations of the necessary files to copy over for Safari and Mail; I can't seem to find this information now. Maybe someone can point me to it. She will be the administrator and only user of the new mac.
She also has a huge backlog of saved email messages that she should go through and trash, but she hasn't done this in years. I guess I will have to copy these over to the new mac as well;hopefully these can be stored on the new mac safely until she gets around to weeding them out.
I'm a fairly experienced Photoshop and Final Cut Studio user, but I'm not sure how to handle this since I've never done it before.
Is Migration Assistant safe these days, to just copy the above mentioned files? Or should I do it another way? Thanks for any suggestions anyone can give.

Hi Mike, Here's what I believe is the list you mentioned you saw here some time ago. I copied it and saved it for my use in case I should need it sometime.
Important data locations
Following is a list of where your important data is stored. The "tilde" symbol "~" is an abbreviation for your Home folder. If you're unsure where your Home folder is, use your "Go" menu to take you there.
Your data in ~/Documents
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Application Support/iCal(copy the whole folder)
Also in ~/Library/Application Support (copy whatever else you need)
~ /Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist *This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.
~ /Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Application Support/Safari (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Application Support/iMovie (copy the whole folder)
~/Pictures/iPhoto library
~/Music/iTunes
~/Movies/iMovie
If you want cookies: ~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
~/Library/Application Support/Webfoundation/HTTPcookies.plist
Some of that list has already been mentioned in Matt's post. I wish I could remember for sure who posted this list but I believe it was one of Kappy's posts.
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