Sync Mail - Snow Leopard to Leopard

I have a PowerMac G5 as my main machine and a MBP for when I'm away. When both were using Leopard, I used to sync POP email (~/Library/Mail) from PM to MBP, work while away then sync back from MBP to PM when I got home.
I've just upgraded the MBP to Snow Leopard and on running Mail as a test it updated the existing out-of-date mailboxes. When I next go away, if I sync from PM to MBP, I assume Mail (v4) will update the mailboxes but when I sync back, will Mail (v3.6) on the PM be able to read them? i.e. is this updating a change of format?

My last sync was about two weeks ago so the mail on the MBP is two weeks old (i.e. no mail received by MBP since then).
I have just moved the entire mail folder ~/Library/Mail of the PM containing mail that's right up-to-date onto my desktop for safety then copied the corresponding folder from the MBP in its place. This folder has of course been updated to the new format by Snow Leopard. I then opened Mail on the PM and all seems to be well - the messages are all there.
I have not done any further testing but it seems that whatever Mail v4 does to "update" the files does not stop Mail v3.6 handling them.
Perhaps someone more knowledgeable is in a position to experiment further.

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