Mail will not open after trying to transfer old Mail from old computer

When I open mail it appears in the finder text at the top of the screen but a window doesn't open. I moved a file called "~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Mail " or something similar from my old system (10.3.9) Mail to my new computer. Now problems. I have a long problem report that I can post if necessary. I could get a new mail window, but it crashed when I tried to put a photo in it. Any ideas anyone. Thanks.

is the older computer using a different OS than the newer computer? I don't know if the ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist has the same format or not.
You might be better served by cleaning up the new system (assuming the old system still has your stuff on it), hooking the old system up to the new via firewire cable, and boot the old system into target disk mode (hold down T key, or maybe it's ⌘T, until the blue screen with yellow firewire symbol occurs on the old system). It should appear as a firewire connected external drive on the new computer's desktop at that point. Then use Mail's "import" function.

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