Mail autofill in Lion, where is file kept?

I created a new volume of Lion on my MacPro. The previously used hard drive was corrupted somehow.
I have relied solely on the autofill feature in Apple Mail, and do not keep email contacts in my address book.
In previous OSX incarnations, (Tiger, Leopard, etc.) I found a plist or some other file that when copied to the new system,
brought the accumulated autofill email addresses into the new mail.
Can someone help me locate this nugget ?
Thank you.
SheldonR

thank you for your kind reply. This is where I would previously find the sought after file.
I had to jump back to a 10.5 volume to confirm. And yes, this is how it used to go for me.
Now, in Lion, (at least on my computer) there is no Library folder in my User folder.
Application Support now resides in: Hard Drive / Library / Application Support.
Within Application Support, I find no Mail data.
Then, there is: System / Library / Address Book Plug-ins.... but again, no obvious Mail stuff.
Haven't discovered any other Mail supporting files thus far
I'm still miffed

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