Transfer of settings from old to new PC

From: John McGowan (JohnMcGowan_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/12/05 

Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 03:41:04 -0800

I have an old PC running Millenium edition. I have a new PC running XP home
edition. How do I transfer e-mail and internet files and settings from old to
new PC? I had been told to use a serial cable and use the files and transfer
wizard in XP, but the guy at the shop where I was going to buy the cable said
it would not work, I needed to set up an ethernet network??? I am disposing
of the old PC and don't really want a network, can anyone help please?