Stuck in "Import" section of Mail for Mac OS X

So im using the wizard setup and i have a gmail account. I did everything up to the "Import section." The page says
Import data from:
1.Mirosoft Entourage
2.Outlook Express
3.Claris Emailer
4.Netscape/Mozilla
5.Eudora
6.Mal for Mac OS X
7.Other
I am stuck on what to do and what it's asking me to do. I only have Microsoft Entourage as a office for mac trial version so i dont want to set anything up on entourage for my Mail settings because i dont know what would happen after the expiration date. can someone help me?

Basically it wants to know what format your existing messages are in and where they are stored. It will get both those bits of information from your answer.
In your case, you don't have any messages stored on your system (you haven't set up Entourage). Your messages are on a remote gmail server in gmail format. You should choose 'other'. I have never been down this part of the route, so I don't know what comes next.
What you are aiming to do is to get your gmail address in to mac Mail as your main mail address. If you make a mistake, you can always add another account in mac Mail with the correct details, then delete the old mac Mail account which contains the wrong details. This will not affect your gmail. So although this 'wizard' only runs the first time, don't think that you have to get it right or else.
Andrew

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