Transfer new mac wihthout mail

Hi All,
I have a brand new MacBook Pro and I am looking forward to transfer everything but Mail. Since Mail in OS X Lion had many issues like missing folders, spinning wheel.
Now I want to transfer everything (User files + System preferences) but do not want Mail to be transferred from Old OSX Lion MBP.
Any ideas?
Thanks

When you say "Now I want to transfer everything (User files + System preferences) but do not want Mail to be transferred from Old OSX Lion MBP" Do you mean the actual mailboxes that are currently on the old MBP? I am assuming you need to keep your mail on the old MBP?
If so what is to stop you from doing a complete transfer using the Migration Assistant and then deleting the mailboxes and settings once the transfer is complete?
Another way to do it is this. Make a copy of your mail on your old system to an external hard drive using something like Carbon Copy Cloner or Superduper, and once completed, on the old MBP go into /users/[username]/Library/mail/ and delete the whole V2 directory. you can then do your migration as normal.
Hope this helps
Jerry

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