Transferring Messages into New Installation of Mail

I have a new MacBook Pro, on which I set up Mail without importing any data. I set up my email accounts, and would now like to move my messages from my previous computer. I copied the Library/Mail/accountname/Inbox.mbox/Messages folder, restarted Mail, but my messages are not showing up in my inbox.
I don't want to copy the entire Library/Mail folder from the old computer, because I want a clean start with only my Inbox messages from the previous computer.
I would also like to move all of my mailboxes (filing folders in Mail) and their contents from the old computer to the new one.
Message was edited by: Ed Phoenix

if you don't want to transfer everything, assuming you have leopard on the old mac, the easiest is to archive your inbox on the old computer, move the archive to the new one and import it to Mail there. use Mailbox menu->archive mailbox to archive the inbox. to import the archive use File menu->import. the messages will be imported into a local mailbox in "on my mac" section and you can move them from there where you want to.
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