Switching back to Mail from Outlook (for Mac)

I've had my Mac for only about 8 months now and was happy with Apple Mail - at first. Then I got a hold of MS Outlook 2011 (for Mac) and switched. Now, with the impending revamping of Mail with Mac OS X Lion, I want to switch back to Mail but there doesn't seem to be a simple way to do it that will transfer all my emails and folders etc.
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the tip. I had stumbled across this article but became lost amongst the technobabble. It seems like an awfully convoluted process. I downloaded the file converter program referenced but it's the exporting of the Outlook emails that is so time consuming. I can't seem to select all the folders at once (and I have a lot).
Thanks again! I'll keep trying.

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Thanks Csound - I don't know the technical details - but until October all contacts and calendars were syncing from Outlook for mac through onto my iPhone and iPads - each time that I synced connected with iTunes.
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