Mail not importing messages after upgrade to tiger

I've just upgraded to Tiger. Everything is working well, except mail. The initial process of importing messages goes on forever! I left it running overnight, and it still was not done. I have tried cancelling and restarting. I have also restarted the machine several times. It looks like the process is just stalling. i do have over 2000 messages in my mailbox, but even so, 8+ hours seems excesive.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
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