Unable to import email from Entourage to Mail.app

Hey all,
I have a very large entourage 2008 inbox (the rge file is about 900 MB). I've been trying to import it into Mail.app but it stops halfway.
I suspect Mail doesn't like a email or folder and stops importing. How can I identify the root cause?
Thank you.

Ok.
It looks like I figured it out with your help.
I unchecked the folder that was giving me trouble importing. This time Mail was able to import more but failed on another folder.
So I decided to repeat the import process but unchecked whatever was imported successfully and left the rest checked in. Everything else imported successfully.
Is there any way to tally the amount of total messages stored in Mail? I'd like to be able to compare against my Entourage just to be sure. The previous issues I had has left me unsure about the integrity of the migration.
Thanks again.

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