I ran into this weird problem, and it caused me to loose so much time!! I hope that this can help you, if you ever encounter this issue.
After starting Mail in Lion for the first time, a window appeared telling me that it needed to convert the old mailboxes to the new format. I said yes and waited.
Then I noticed that the number of mails processed stopped, and activity monitor was reporting an anomalous cpu usage for Mail. I tried several times by force-quitting mail and restarting it, but to no avail.
So I started to think that the mail folder included in the user/library folder could be damaged.
This is how I solved this issue.
First thing to do: move out the mail folder from the luser/library folder.
Open Mail, let it create a new one, quit Mail and trash the newly created Mail Folder.
Make a copy of the old mail folder from your old Mac (it can be really huge, especially if you have multiple mailboxes or receive many e-mails), then place it in the user/library folder.
Start Mail, and now it should begin converting the mailboxes without getting stuck.
Remember to repair often the file permissions, using Disk Utility.
After starting Mail in Lion for the first time, a window appeared telling me that it needed to convert the old mailboxes to the new format. I said yes and waited.
So I started to think that the mail folder included in the user/library folder could be damaged.
This is how I solved this issue.
First thing to do: move out the mail folder from the luser/library folder.
Open Mail, let it create a new one, quit Mail and trash the newly created Mail Folder.
Make a copy of the old mail folder from your old Mac (it can be really huge, especially if you have multiple mailboxes or receive many e-mails), then place it in the user/library folder.
Start Mail, and now it should begin converting the mailboxes without getting stuck.
Remember to repair often the file permissions, using Disk Utility.
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