Index: wp-admin/import/mt.php
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--- wp-admin/import/mt.php	(revision 4261)
+++ wp-admin/import/mt.php	(working copy)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 ?>
 <p><?php _e('Howdy! We&#8217;re about to begin the process to import all of your Movable Type entries into WordPress. To begin, select a file to upload and click Import.'); ?></p>
 <?php wp_import_upload_form( add_query_arg('step', 1) ); ?>
-	<p><?php _e('The importer is smart enough not to import duplicates, so you can run this multiple times without worry if&#8212;for whatever reason&#8212;it doesn\'t finish. If you get an <strong>out of memory</strong> error try splitting up the import file into pieces.'); ?> </p>
+	<p><?php _e('The importer is smart enough not to import duplicates, so you can run this multiple times without worry if&#8212;for whatever reason&#8212;it doesn\'t finish. If the file is very large, you might try splitting up the import file into pieces.'); ?> </p>
 <?php
 		$this->footer();
 	}
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 
 	function get_entries() {
 		set_magic_quotes_runtime(0);
+		ini_set('memory_limit', '50M');
 		$importdata = file($this->file); // Read the file into an array
 		$importdata = implode('', $importdata); // squish it
 		$importdata = preg_replace("/(\r\n|\n|\r)/", "\n", $importdata);