How to Copy Mail Settings from iMac to my PowerBook

I use primarily my iMac to check and reply through my emails. And when i travel i bring with me my PowerBook. I would like to have the same preferences, settings, smart folders on my PowerBook too? But I can't seem to figure it out. I don't have a .Mac account. Is there a way around this? What files should i copy from my iMac to my Powerbook and how. Thank you so much in advance for those who will reply.

There is no need to copy over the Downloads folder. All attachments are part of the files within each mailbox and thus within the Mail folder. The only use for the Downloads folder is when you must open an attachment, in the Mail window with another Application (such as Word). This was introduced in the latest version of Mail to provide a temporary folder for those so opened, so if you wish to revise and return, you don't have to separately save to your permanent folders. However, when you Save the attachment from the message, it does not enter the Downloads folder.
You can control when they are erased from the Downloads folder in Mail Preferences/General, and again erasing any from the Downloads folder is of no consequence, unless you edited one, and that is the only place the edited version exists.
Ernie

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