Need to import Rules from 10.3.9 to 10.4

I just made a clone of my existing 10.3.9 OS and all folders to a FireWire external hard disc, which is bootable. In fact, I am using Safari on the old OS in order to submit this post, since I am finding the new OS a bit of a nuisance to set up.
So you know, I did a clean install of OX 10.4. and did not elect to import apps, or any other personal files. I did however, import the network settings. It irks me to no end that Apple has not made the few categories you can check at this point in the installation a wider variety or hierarchical (so you can choose which apps to bring over, not just all of them).
As for Mail, the new version of the software made importing my existing accounts a laborious affair, and there appears to be no way to import Rules. I've got a lot of them, and relied heavily on these to make my emailing experiences tolerable.
PLEASE, how do I get the newer, "improved" Mail in 10.4 to import my Rules from the older version of Mail in 10.3.9?
Thanks in advance for the help.

"Mail doesn't import rules", you say...
Boy, THAT makes a lot of sense, doesn't it? Since the program evidently still uses Rules...(eyes roll)
Thanks for the suggestion, by the way; I tried the .plist copy-over right away and discovered the "new improved" Mail would not recognize the prefs...
Y'know...since the "new" Mail program still offers and utilizes Rules (apparently the same way the older version did), not providing a way for users to import settings like this (that can take tons of time to replicate) seems purdy darn'd inconsiderate.
Rules are the one significant way I have found to make email efficient -- not just Apple Mail, but any mail program. Call them what you like: rules, filters, etc. They are indispensable; evidently developers thought they were still worth offering, but lifted their legs on the time and effort end users put into creating these settings. Either that, or the program was made willfully ignorant as part of some great plot to hamper everyone's productivity. No, just mine.
I apologize for the facetiousness, but I'm really perplexed (and angry) that developers would either overlook something basic like this or make the latest version of the program so willfully ignorant.
At least my old Mail program still resides on my bootable HD (the best thing I ever did with my Mac was cloning the old OS to another drive so I keep going back to it until I wade through these ridiculous set-backs).
My inner child will love this: now I get to take physical Pen And Paper notes of my old rules so I can ultimately recreate them in the new and improved but willfully ignorant Mail program. I have to laugh... Pen And Paper to solve a computer problem. Gotta love it...
...maybe it'll function as some kind of weird Zen exercise? I'm hopeful!
Thanks for the input once again, and Peace to You (...but not to the folks who developed the latest version of Mail).

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