Skipped Panther, address and mail not importing

I skipped the upgrade to panther, now I'm on tiger. For some reason I can't import all of my old mail, and nothing from my address book. Is there a fix or patch I can do to get them to jump over? I have important stuff in there!
Also I can't make new mailboxes in the new mail. I get this error:
MAILBOX CREATION FAILED
Unable to create path ~/Library/Mail/Mailboxes/adga.mbox.

I forget which other thread I found this in or who suggested it, but all my mail problems are solved by very carefully following these instructions:
The portions you have cited were very specific to that poster's situation. What we need to review for you, are the methods of importing an entire Mail folder taken from Mail 1.3, into Mail 2.0.
In the Tiger Mac, quit Mail, and in the Finder, open Home/Library/Preferences and locate the com.apple.mail.plist file, and delete it. Next, still in the Finder on the Tiger Mac, open Home/Library and find the Mail folder, and delete it (or drag to the Desktop, if uncomfortable).
Next place a copy (but not with Copy in the name) of the Mail folder from the Panther Mac in the Library of your Home folder, and also place a copy of the com.apple.mail.plist file into Home/Library/Preferences.
Next, in the Mail folder you have just placed onto the Tiger Mac, open EVERY xxxx.mbox file, in every account folder, and in the Mailboxes folder, and delete all files EXCEPT the Info.plist and the mbox files. Again, do this for every mailbox. If you have any xxxx.imapmbox folder, post back for further instructions.
Once all the mailboxes have been cleaned up to contain only the mbox file and Info.plist file, launch Mail. It will announce it is ready to import your mailboxes -- allow this to continue, and be patient. Once this is finished, quit Mail, and again in the Finder examine every xxxxx.mbox folder, or at least the larger ones, and compare the size of the Messages folder that will have been created, with the size of the original mbox file. If the Messages folder size equals, or exceeds that of the mbox file, delete the mbox file.
If you find some Messages folders that are smaller than the mbox file, or any Messages folders, with appended characters in the name, post that information here, and I will assist in dealing with those.
Once this is finished, again launch Mail, and test by opening your various mailboxes, and checking for messages.
Ask any questions needed to be comfortable with this, and of course maintain a copy of the files from the Panther Mac, either in it, or in other folders on your Tiger Mac.

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