[Holmes]

Was asked to participate in an early test for this last year. It was terrible.

I have a PO box and as that address includes the post office address you would receive notification and pictures of ALL mail going to that address, so everyone's PO box. Not good.

[zippergz]

You mean an actual PO Box? At a post office? Or a private mailbox, like at a UPS Store? If the former, this is really surprising. If the latter, not as much.

Anyway, I set this up for my house and it has been working fine. I haven't gotten anything that wasn't intended for me (of course, I get stuff that's not intended for me in the REAL mail on a regular basis, so even if it happened here from time to time, it wouldn't be a big change).

[Holmes]

Former. PO box at a post office.

[AdamN]

That sounds amazing! You can get a PO Box at a USPS location and then creep on everybody else's PO Box mail???

[Holmes]

They shut down the test after I pointed this out to them, but had I not they were completely unconcerned. At the time it was called "Real Mail Notification", so hopefully they have fixed the issue with this new iteration.

[zerocrates]

They don't seem to have fixed it. From their FAQ:

Is Informed Delivery® available to PO Box® customers?

USPS® is looking to expand the service to PO Box customers in the future. PO Box customers in certain Post Offices nationwide can use our existing Real Mail Notification® service to receive a text-only message without images, via email or SMS message. Check with your local Post Office for more details.

[Holmes]

Good to know. Thanks.