Patent ID: 8661088

Claim:
A system comprising: a first mail enabled object server; a buffer configured to queue messages; a mailbox migration tool configured to: create a new mail enabled object on the first mail enabled object server and enable user access to the new mail enabled object when the new mail enabled object is empty; configure a first forwarding mechanism on an old mail enabled object hosted on a second mail enabled object server, the first forwarding mechanism configured to forward messages to the buffer and disable user access to the old mail enabled object when user access is enabled to the new mail enabled object; configure a second forwarding mechanism on the new mail enabled object on the first mail enabled object server, the second forwarding mechanism configured to forward messages to the old mail enabled object on the second mail enable object server from the new mail object, wherein an undo mechanism is provided by the second forwarding mechanism, on the new mail enabled object, configured to forward messages to the old mail enabled object from the new mail object transfer at least some contents of the old mail enabled object to the new mail enabled object; change the first forwarding mechanism to forward messages to the new mail enabled object; and forward contents of the buffer to the new mail enabled object.