Getting email from another Mac

I crashed my MacBook. I now have a drive with my old User folder, including my Mail folder.
I'm on a new iMac.
How can I get the messages from the inbox and other mailboxes from the drive to the new iMac?
thanks.

Connect the drive with your old Home folder to mount it on the Desktop of your new Mac. Quit Mail if you have it open. Navigate to /Home/Library/ folder on the new Mac. Put the Mail folder in the Trash (if one exists.) Navigate to the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder and put the com.apple.mail.plist file in the Trash (if it exists.) DO NOT empty the Trash yet.
Now open a Finder window on the external drive that has your old Home folder. Navigate to the /Users/username/Library/ folder (username is the account name you used.) Copy the Mail folder to /Home/Library/ on your new computer. Copy /Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist to the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder on your new computer.
Open Mail on the new computer to assure everything is there. If so you can empty the Trash.

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