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[SharkE]

Mine is in my 'dashboard', found it today.   Won't let me opt out.

That's good , though, hubbo doesn't know anything about a 'dashboard' so, he won't be looking in there I was afraid they would send to actual email address.

[gidgetgh]

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@SharkE wrote:

Mine is in my 'dashboard', found it today.   Won't let me opt out.

That's good , though, hubbo doesn't know anything about a 'dashboard' so, he won't be looking in there I was afraid they would send to actual email address.

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@SharkE- mine comes to my actual email address. What's a dashboard?

[SharkE]

got to do with 'my usps'

[NYC Susan]

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@lainey1 wrote:

I like getting an email with what's in my mailbox. I have one of those cluster mailboxes (not in front of the house) and can't tell you how many times I go to it to find nothing in it or a few pieces of junk mail. Now if I'm expecting something important, I know when it's been delivered.

Photographing the mail isn't new, USPS has already been photographing every letter and package mailed in the United States—a practice started after anthrax attacks in 2001 killed five people, including two postal workers. So this new email notification system to customers may not necessarily add extra work or cost to the agency’s current processes. The images are stored for 7-30 days and then destroyed. Several times the images have helped law enforcement agencies such as local police, FBI and Homeland Security.

Emailing scanned images to customers has been available in certain areas since December 2015 and is voluntary, so you don't have to sign up for it if you don't want it.

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Exactly.  It's very helpful for some of us to know what's in our mailbox each day.  It doesn't take away at all from delivery.  My mail delivery has always been very good, and initiating this hasn't changed that at all.  And again, there are some misconceptions and incorrect info here.  If anyone is interested, they would be better off researching it on their own.

As you said, it's completely optional.  It was designed to be a convenience for postal customers who want it.  Lots of us use it and love it.  Everyone else can simply not sign up.

[mistriTsquirrel]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

Seems to me as though the post office would do well to quit photographing mail and get out there and get our packages delivered.  Why does anyone need to know what bills and ads they'll be receiving? 

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@Kachina624  From reading the posts, it sounds like something that would be useful for certain people, and not necessarily the majority.  I'm still a little confused about whether or not it would be useful for me.  I opted out of paper bills, and I don't often get a check in the mail.  If I go somewhere for more than a few days, I will probably have them hold my mail, so I'm not sure of the usefulness of this service for someone like me.