How to retrieve emails from a dead Mac?

My mid 2010 Mac Pro running OS 10.7 has died ( logic board)
I have replaced it with a 2011  i5 3.1ghz  iMac running OS 10.8
I have put the SSD drive from the Mac Pro into an external USB case.
Is it possible to retrieve my emails from the old drive used in the Mac Pro to the Mail App on the iMac even though the two Macs use different OS?
I found I cannot access Mail on the old drive as the operating system is different and therefore won't open.
Any help gladly accepted.

Hi Loner T,
Thanks for your quick response. Yes the SSD was my boot drive on the Mac Pro.
I have now plugged it via USB external case into the iMac.  Next I went to system preferences and change the boot drive to the SSD one.
Wonderful.. I now have access to everything on this drive.
Thanks for your help.

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