How do I do a manual backup of 'Mail', including all account settings et al., in Lion?

Hey,
I upgrade from SL to Lion without any problems but have decided to do a full reinstall. Although I have a Time Machine Backup, I've done another, manual, backup of certain files, and Mail is the last one to do.
I can't find any instructions for Lion though, and files seem to have moved from SL or before... Any ideas/help appreciated!
Thanks,
P

The way I backup my Lion Mail is copy the /Mail folder from my ~/Library to a USB thumb drive.
To get to your ~/Library folder....
Open Finder
Click on GO then Go to Folder and enter ~/Library
Your user Library folder will open and you should be able to find the Mail folder. If it's not in ~/Library, try the ~/Library/Application Support folder.

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