Mail Backup from PPC to Intel question

Is it safe to assume the ~\Library\Mail and ~\Library\Prefs\com.apple.mail.plist
files can be moved from a PPC Mac to an Intel mac with out problems.
Both machines are running 10.4.7
I did read this thread prior to posting:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2208609&#2208609

While I didn't dump in my preference files willy nilly, I did transfer many of them from my desktop to my mini - among them Mail. I experienced no problems.

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