Import Thunderbird Mails to Apple Mail

Sorry for putting this topic once again to the list - but all the Discusssions I found in the www didn´t help at all. My problem ist: I cant import all emails from Thunderbird to Mac Mail - and I tired both ways: export mbox files and then import them - and as well directly import thunderbird profiles by Mail. In the end, there where many Emails missing. In one Folder, there have been 2500 Mails - 480 of them made it.... :-(
Most of the discussions that I found let to an app called Eudora Mailbox CLeaner. Matter of fact: no Link was working, because it led to "Mobile Me" Accounts, that aint exisitng anymore or have been changed to "iCloud". Searching the www. brought me the information, that this Software wount be working on Macs with Lion OS.
So, to make a long sentence short: does anyboy have a working solution for Importing all Mails from Thunderbird to Mail?
It´ll be great!!!!

Hi Shootist,
you may ask - but the answer is allready given in my first post:
1st: I used TB for years now, on WIN, UBUNTU and the last 3 or 4 Years on MAC as well.
And as I wrote on my second post in here:
2nd: because TB has many features NOT that would be essential for working with MAC, iPhone, iPad etc. like it is thought. It starts by Adressbook Sync, continues on not automatical working sync of Lightning with iCal and goes on with many other issues like DL all mails another time, when the HDD is full once.
I know, that TB has some features, that are hard to miss afterwards. Once again: I used it for years now and I loved it. But its no more covering all aspects of what I need - privately and for business usage.
I would be soooooo happy, if anybody would post an answer and not again another question, why not using TB instead of Mail.... ;-)

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Hi Shootist,
you may ask - but the answer is allready given in my first post:
1st: I used TB for years now, on WIN, UBUNTU and the last 3 or 4 Years on MAC as well.
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