Gmail to Exchange/BPOS migration of Gmail Labels

Gmail has a concept of Labels. These Labels help to categorize and group emails together.

When you migrate to Exchange/BPOS using MigrationWiz, we convert your Labels to folders. So each Label is created as a folder in your mailbox, preserving the hierarchy if specified (by using a / to separate names in Labels).

In Gmail, the effect of labeling an item keeps one “copy.” Because we are migrating the data to multiple folders, we create a copy in each folder. The effect is that you will use more storage space in the Exchange/BPOS mailbox you are migrating to. Also note that your migrations may take longer since there is essentially “more data” to create.