HT5361 Switching from Eudora to Apple Mail

I have an eMac that was upgraded to Mac OS X v. 10.5.8. I need to get a new machine. But I am using Eudora as my mail client and it can't be upgraded and will not work with later systems, so I am trying to switch to Apple Mail which I assume will be upgradable when I get the new system. However, I can't get the mail to work even after using the cheat sheet which does not correspond exactly with what I see on the screen. Can anyone help? Thanks.
jmksfca

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Thanks for your reply.
If I have imported my addressbook and emails from Entourage into Apple mail, is that the same thing has backing up my Entourage data as you suggested? Or is there something else I'm not aware of that should be backed up. All I have ever used Entourage for is email and addressbook. Entourage has also been automatically backing up up on iDisk.
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I am tired of the slowness of Entourage and was thinking of switching to all of the native mac programs. Any suggestions or comments on whether this is a good idea or not?
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