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Your mt.txt file must match the MT export format EXACTLY for this importer to work. Correct layout is as follows, starting after the break:

AUTHOR: [text]
TITLE: [text]
STATUS: [Draft or Publish]
ALLOW COMMENTS: [0 or 1]
CONVERT BREAKS: [1 or 0 or markdown_1 or textile_1]
ALLOW PINGS: [0 or 1]
PRIMARY CATEGORY: [text, OPTIONAL]
CATEGORY: [text, OPTIONAL]

DATE: [MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM]
-----
BODY:
[text]

-----
EXTENDED BODY:
[text, OPTIONAL]

-----
EXCERPT:
[text, OPTIONAL]

-----
KEYWORDS:
[text, OPTIONAL]

-----
COMMENT:
AUTHOR: [text]
EMAIL: [text]
IP: [text, OPTIONAL]
URL: [text, OPTIONAL]
DATE: [MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM]
[comment body text]

--------

Note that comments are optional. You can include more than one comment by duplicating the entire comment block, including the ----- above it:

-----
COMMENT:
AUTHOR: [text]
EMAIL: [text]
IP: [text, OPTIONAL]
URL: [text, OPTIONAL]
DATE: [MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM]
[comment body text]
-----
COMMENT:
AUTHOR: [text]
EMAIL: [text]
IP: [text, OPTIONAL]
URL: [text, OPTIONAL]
DATE: [MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM]
[comment body text]
-----
COMMENT:
AUTHOR: [text]
EMAIL: [text]
IP: [text, OPTIONAL]
URL: [text, OPTIONAL]
DATE: [MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS AM/PM]
[comment body text]

Also, see the MT documentation for more information about formatting: http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/docs/mtimport

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