Moving from local to OD

I "inherited" the management of an OS X server (10.4.4), that runs AFP, Mail services and DHCP.
The first thing I want to do, is migrate the users from the local directory (/Netinfo/DefaultLocalNode) to the LDAP (about 5 users).
I have never done this before. Is there a good procedure ? I might import/export the whole list, but I don't feel too confident regarding the Mail-service.
Any hints are most welcome.

D#vi1_x, did you ever get an answer to moving local directories to the LDAP? I'm needed to set up a few users, so far I've only promoted the managment software to OD master.. I only get in front of the server a few times a month so any help would be cool-

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