How do I copy Mailboxes from Tiger to new Lion. Library/Mail structure different

My old machine running Tiger 10.4 and Mail 2.1.3 has Library/Mail/Mailboxes with "other stuff" such as Envelope Index, Message rules.plist, etc, also in Mail. The usual advice is to copy the whole of Mail and Preferences to the "same place" on the new machine. But if running Lion/Mail 5.1. the "place" is not the "same".
The new structure is Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes with the "other stuff" in a folder MailData which is also in V2. So does one have to copy old Mailboxes only into new Mailboxes and then the old "other stuff" into new MailData, which itself has different "other stuff" from the old. In other words does the usual straightforward procedure not apply with Lion/Mail5.1 ?

You are correct Setup and Migration are an all or nothing affair, if you choose applications for example it will migrate ALL the apps from your old computer to the new one. The one thing it's smart about is if it "sees" a newer version of an App (let's say iPhoto for example) it will not migrate an older version of iPhoto to the new system.
If the old system has a Firewire connection you can connect the two computer with a cable like this one from Amazon. Then you can start in Target Mode and manually move files and other data. You can find out how to start in Target Mode from http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1661

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_*INSIDE iTUNES*_
*iTunes Components: The Library and the Database Table*
The term library gets thrown around quite a bit when people discuss iTunes, but what you see in iTunes denoted as your libraries (e.g., music, podcasts, TV shows, etc.) is actually just a reference to your actual media library. iTunes is essentially a database package, just like your local public library’s computer-based card catalog system; the difference is that the content is electronic and owned by the user so you can also directly access the content through iTunes instead of having to go and (physically) retrieve it. Your actual library is the collection of media files you have stored on your computer. If you think of it in terms of the real world, your media files are the virtual equivalent of the books, periodicals, microforms, etc., in a real library and the folder or volume in which those media files are contained is the library.
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2. *Transfer your database* Replace the default iTunes folder on your new Mac with the iTunes folder from your old Mac by transferring the entire folder. When asked if you wish to replace the existing iTunes, do so.
3. *Get the media library* If you keep your music in the default iTunes Music folder contained in the iTunes folder, then you have already performed this step. If not, transfer your music folder from you old Mac to wherever you wish for it to reside on your new Mac.
4. *Set up iTunes* Unless you already started modifying preferences in iTunes on the new Mac, when you launch iTunes you should see your music library just as you did on your old Mac.
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