Importing Thunderbird w/ Penelope

I"m attempting to import a Thunderbird Mailboxes into Mail. I am also using Penelope with Thunderbird. When it imports a folder, it fails to include any Thunderbird messages subsequent
to when I installed Penelope.... i.e. all my recent emails. I've tried copying the folders to the desktop,
adding the .MBOX extension and importing them the the MBOX extension with the same result.
Is there any workaround for this?
Also is there any reasonable way to convert Thunderbird filters to Mail rules?
Thanks,
Joseph

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Export mail into Outlook (Express) or Apple Mail

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