Transferring old emails from old iMac to new iMac

I've just gotten a new intel Imac (10.6.6). Can anyone point me in the direction of instructions on how I can get the emails off my old iMac's (10.4) hard-drive and into the new iMac's mailboxes?
On a related topic, anyone know how I can retrieve the address-book information and Safari bookmarks from the old hard-drive?
Thanks for your time.
Dan

Daniel,
The easiest way would have been to use Startup Assistant. You can still go this route if you're interested by following Pondini's article beginning at *Second chance to use Setup Assistant.*
Roger

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