Import POP mailboxes

I am running OS 10.7 Lion on a 2011 MacBook Pro.
On a Mac Pro, in the Mail.app, I have a POP account in which I have made many nested folders. I would like to set up the same POP account on the 2011 MacBook Pro. But, I do not know how I can import these nested folders from the Mac Pro into the new POP account on the 2011 MacBook Pro.
Please advise.

eroydouglas - I have a minor issue that I would like your help with.
When the importing process was completed, the imported mailboxes showed up in ~/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes/Import.mbox
Now, let me cite the following example within the Import.mbox.
Prior to the import, I had a mailbox named publishers. And, within the publishers mailbox, I had several subfolders such as Pearson, Wiley, etc. There were no subfolders within Pearson, Wiley, etc.
In the Import.mbox/publishers/Pearson, I was expecting to see the messages that I had saved. Instead, the import process has created a subfolder called Messages.mbox within the Pearson folder. So, instead of seeing the original messages in the Pearson folder, I now see them in Import.mbox/publishers/Pearson/Messages.mbox.
This is driving me crazy. Is there a way to force the import process to import the original messages into their original folders?

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