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From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Mail boxes...
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 00:55:35 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 28 00:55:35 1986
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> 
> 	I think that only RD mailboxes (the ones by the side of the road)
> 	are regulated.  For home mail delivery, any old mailbox will do
> 	if you can get the mailman to use it.
> 
> 	I recommend getting a mail slot for the door.  I bought a big
> 	wide mail slot door (spring loaded extruded aluminum) and have
> 	had very little trouble keeping mail out of the rain.  If you
> 	go out of town for a few days, no one can tell because the
> 	mail doesn't accumulate outside.
> 

Not true.  My parents bought a home in Washington, D.C. about five
years ago.  Every other house on the block (each about 6 months older)
has a mail slot, however some new regulation bans delivery to mail slots
on new buildings, so at the end of the row of houses with mail slots is
a standard Postmaster General approved box (red flag and all) for my
parents place.  Just be lucky that you have a box in front of your house.
These days they also mandate "cluster" delivery which put the boxes from
my previous house down the street with everybody else in the neighborhood.

-Ron