Entourage: Importing Mail Folders Manually

Hello All...
I am a novice Mac Tech Agent and have for the first time reloaded Leopard on a Mac with an OS issue. With my little knowledge, I was having issues with Time Machine (error reporting it couldn't backup the user's data) so I went with Super Duper and it did a fantastic job backing all the users profile. Upon finishing the install and re-importing the data I only am having trouble with Entourage and getting the data back into the Inbox/Outbox/Sent/Drafts folders. The files I have to work with are a the standard backed files (same as manually pulling the profile) and not an image or an export/archive of the original mail hiearchy. With this being the case, what is the most legitimate way to manually get that data back into Entourage as I am unable to import it from the menu? I attempted to just drop the User prof/Library/Mail folder into her new Library directory but that was a no go. Please advise and any help or direction is appreciated!!
-Skyroadster2k7

This item in Pondinis Time Machine stuff may help:
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http://web.me.com/pondini/Time_Machine/15.html
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