How to Migrate Mail app from 10.5 to 10.8 without Migration Asst?

Trying to move Mail files from a 10.5 (Intel) iMac to a new 10.8iMac. I tried Migration Assistant, but it caused serious system errors that required reloading entire OS.
I was able to manually transfer all other files I needed except the mail files.
I copied the Mail folder from the older machine to the the Library folder for the user on the new machine, but when I opened the Mail app, it failed.
I read all information from a brody on my previous post regarding migrating from 10.4 to 10.8 and all supporting discussions I could find, but can not find a solution.
Any help?

Peruse Pondini's Setup New Mac guide and consider starting over again and using the Setup Assistant. AFAIK, that never fails.

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