Migrate only Mail

i recently did a full migration fro my g5 to macbook.
my question is, i now want to only migrate (only) my mail from g5 to macbook again, can i migrate only mail ? and if so, will it update or fully erase my mail and that is already there.
also the same for safari.
thank you

It will erase if you simply drag and drop the Mail and Mail downloads folder from one Users -> yourname -> Library folder to the next. If you import the mailboxes using Mail's File menu -> Import Mailboxes and navigate to the same folder, you shouldn't experience the same problem. Mind you, you will then have duplicate mail in from the import, if you didn't delete from the old machine the mail that you already copied over.
Note: Target Disk Mode is the preferred migration method between PowerPC and Intel ->
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
as it is less likely to cause problems in the long run due to incompatible PowerPC drivers and plugins. This user tip explains how:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0
You were fortunate the migration assistant worked off the bat, but it could have left something behind that you don't want.
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