Transfering my mail to new Macbook?

I am ugrading to a Macbook from an iBook and I wanted to know if there is a file somewhere that contains all of my mail on my iBook (tiger) that I could copy to my new Macbook. Would be nice to still have access to my old email.
Thanks
F

first, you can use Migartion Assistant (it's in /Applications/Utilities) to migrate all your user data (not just Mail). Migration Assistant also gives you an option to migrate applications but you should not do that since you are moving from a PPC mac to an intel one. If you want to migrate Mail ONLY,
copy the entire directory /Users/user/library/mail and the file /users/user/library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist to the corresponding locations on the new computer. If those items already exist at the destination, delete them first. start Mail and it will look as it did on the old computer.

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Hi all--
Used Migration Assistant last night to get most of my info from my old dual USB iBook to my new MacBook Pro. It came across, but none of the mail that I had in my three inboxes came with it. I need to get that mail. What files do you need grab to get my mail back in the inboxes.
Does that make any sense?
The old iBook was/is running OS 10.3.8--I think it is .8.
Thanks for any and all help!
--Paul

Hi Paul.
I'm not familiarized with Migration Assistant, so I don't know what could have gone wrong with it, if anything. I do know, however, that the conversion from Mail 1.x to Mail 2.0 is broken and it fails quite often. You may want to take a look at the following thread to better understand the problem:
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You should not do anything with the mail that's on the server. If you transfer all the local mail settings and data (i.e. the preferences file and the Mail folder) properly from the old system to the new one, Mail will find again any mail that's on the server. Actually, that's precisely the reason IMAP-type accounts exist, so that you don't have to transfer your mail from computer to computer in order to be able to access it from different computers.
Have you already started using Mail on the new system despite the failed conversion? Is there anything you've sent or received on the new system that you wish to preserve and that's not on the server anymore? I ask because the easiest way to solve this problem would be to tidy up your mailboxes in the old system first, as described in the thread I provided above, and then copy HOME/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist and HOME/Library/Mail to the new system.
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I've used my Powerbook G4 (Tiger OS) for years and recently upgraded my iPhone 3G to the 4. Since my Powerbook couldn't support the OS I need to sync my iPhone 4, I purchased a new Macbook Pro and transferred all of my files over from my Powerbook. The transfer completed successfully, and I do have my applications showing up on my MBP- however, my iTunes on the MBP is still showing up completely blank. I've tried "dragging" the iTunes folder over from my still connected Powerbook HD (in target mode), but it's not working. Now, I was able to switch to my Powerbook user account from my MBP (the screen turns around like a "box") and found everything on there- my iTunes, Apps, even my dock is setup the same. From here I could sync my iPhone 4 with my iTunes (everything except my apps synced though....but I'll save that for another forum). My question is how to I combine these users so I don't have to switch back and forth to view and access my iTunes?? Any help is greatly appreciated--thank you!!
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Do you still have access to the old MacBook Pro? If so, you can transfer the license by copying the com.apple.iwork.plist from Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences to the same location on the new Mac. Note that this IS the main HD Library, not your user library. I have found that these files are not moved during setup or migration.
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