Import Netscape 7 or Thunderbird to Apple Mail

Hey everyone. I have had no luck importing email from Netscape 7 Mail to Apple Mail. The Apple Mail import asks for a folder called "Netscape Users" and I can find this folder. But when I Import data from it, I get the usual folder structure (Inbox, Outbox, Sent Mail, etc.) but they are empty.
I installed Thunderbird (1.5.0.7) and was able to import the email from Netscape 7 with problems. My thought was that importing from Thunderbird would be easier...I was wrong!
So, anyone have any thoughts on importing email from Netscape 7 or Thunderbird over to Apple Mail? I don't care if its a command line, script, or some tool that creates mbox files! Thanks.
P.S. This is from an OS X 10.3 installation...

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