Transfer Email from old MBP to new MBP

I just got my new MacBook Pro but when I added my email accounts no email older than a few weeks showed up. How do I transfer all the email folders (inbox, sent, etc.) from my old MacBook Pro running OS 10.6 to my new one running Lion?

Update Mail on the old MBP, copy the entire Mail folder sitting in your user's Library, to the same place on the new one. Go to the new one, launch Mail, and it should display a dialog box stating that it's updating and converting your Mail.

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