Importing emlx messages into Apple Mail 2.0

"There is no easy way to import messages in the new 10.4 format (individual XML documents with the emlx extension) into Mail.app. It is not one of the options in Mail 2.0's Import menu. But you can put deleted messages back (if you have them in a backup) or add news ones and force Mail to reindex them." Saved about a thousand emails today via these instructions. Mail.app in Tiger sucks ass.