Is it possible to move .emlx files to a new machine?

I just bought a new laptop and wanted to move my old offline messages into the new mail.
I tried copying the folders into the new library/mail folder, but that just confused mail.app. So, I deleted those folders (both in finder and in mail.app) an started again.
Then I tried importing mailboxes from mail.app. This resulted in a partial transfer, but many folders were white and didn't transfer.
The only thing I can find that works to to drag one folder at a time online to my email server, then drag it onto my laptop. This method is impractical though, since the server doesn't want me using all that bandwidth.
*bottom line*
Is there some way to transfer the email messages directly from one computer to the other?
MacBookPro   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

I think I just figured it out. You just copy the folders into the same library/mail directory... but the trick is to click "REBUILD" in the mail.app menu. That's how mail finds the new messages stored there.

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