Restoring backed-up messages

Hello,
I have a folder of backed-up .emlx messages, all of which have the Mail.app icon (looks like a postage stamp). But when I try to import that folder back into my Mail application, I get the error message that no Mac OS X Mail files were found. What am I doing wrong, and how do I get those messages back into Mail?
Thanks,
Eli Garfinkel

Hello Eli.
In order to import *.emlx messages in Mail, they must be organized as if they were in an *.mbox mailbox, i.e. they must be in a Messages folder within an *.mbox folder.
In Mail, do File > Import Mailboxes, choose Mail for Mac OS X as the data format, and follow the instructions. Note that Mail wants you to select the folder that contains the mailboxes to be imported, not the *.mbox folders themselves.

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