Moving mail settings and address book info

I just took delivery of a new ibook G4. I used Mail and Address Book on my old iMac G3. Now I would like to transfer all of those email settings and address book info onto my new computer. How do I do that? When I click on the Mail icon in the dock, it takes me right to a wizard for setting up my email. It's already set up in my old computer. Isn't there any way I can just transfer this information?
Chuck
ibook G4   Mac OS X (10.4.2)  

Hi Chuck
If your iMac matches the following list - yes!
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
The Migration Assistant application on your new iBook (found in the Utilities folder) will step you through transferring all your old user files - including mail and address book contacts - onto the new machine. You'll need a firewire cable to connect the two computers when prompted.
Matt

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