Importing Mail file and documents from another account on same Mac

Hi,
I a new to Mac. Have a great new iMac. It's all working fine.
Initially to simplify things I have set up everything under the main admin account (mine).
In particular, I have installed both my and my wife's e-mail account documents in the Mail and Documents folders of the master account.
Now that we're 'stable', I have set-up a separate account for her such that we keep our preferences, e-mails and documents separate.
When setting-up her account I now can't find how to import 'her' folders from the Master account Mail application and Documents folder. Indeed, those folders appear grey and unaccessible from her account (I guess that's the basic idea abut separate account but I am nevertheless looking for ways to move those files.
Any pointers?
Tx,
AH

login to the main account and drag the folders to the "Drop Box" folder in her "Public" folder (in her home folder in "Users" at the top level), the go to her account to move the to the correct locations.

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