Merging Mail Folders from 2 machines

I have a MacBook Pro and a G5 iMac. When traveling, I use the MacBook Pro primarily. Whan at home, the G5 primarily.
My problem has to do with mail folders (mailboxes)
I have folders mirrored on both machines.
However, there are some messages stored on the MacBook Pro folder that don't exist on the G5, and vice versa.
I am in the process of selling the G5, and want all pertinent messages to be transferred to the MacBook Pro.
Is there a way of merging two mail folders (that have the same name, but on different machines) so that all messages are contained in one folder.
Can I merely copy the contents of one mail folder into the other, and re-import?
Thanks, in advance

that's why I only use IMAP accounts. no issues with syncing.
you can't merge different mail folders and there is no easy way to do what you want. the best you can do i the following. on G5 put the messages that are missing from the MBP into one mailbox (make a new mailbox if you have to) and export this mailbox using mailbox menu->archive mailbox. This step can be unpleasant If you are not sure which exactly messages you need. then move the archive to the MBP and import it to mail there using File menu->import mailboxes. it will import it to a local mailbox in "on my mac" section. you can move the messages from there where you want to.

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