I thought I was archiving my mail, but.....

Folks,
In preparation to buy a new MAC, Mr. Smartypants copied his mailboxes (Home>Library>Mail>Mailboxes) into a separate folder, then deleted them from my various active mailboxes in MacMail, which I kept. I have subsequently gotten the new MAC, and have new mail in those old empty boxes.
Now I would like to open the archived mailboxes and drag the old mail back into them olde boxes (now that I have a cool 2GB of room in each one with Tiger). I would like to be able to do it without running the risk of losing the newer mail.
I tried renaming the mailboxes and dragging them via Home>Library>Mail>Mailboxes. They appear, but are empty. I know the data is there, because of the MG count, but I sure can't access it. I was toying with the idea of creating a new account and trying to open them that way. Then I realized I was out of sensible ideas, and so here I am, on my digital knees, pleading with my virtual clasped hands for some help.
Thanks,
David
g5   Mac OS X (10.4.5)  

Try rebuilding the mailboxes - (it's a menu item under the mailbox menu). That might do it. good luck!
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