On Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:39:58 GMT, "Edwin Pawlowski"
wrote:


"Stubby" wrote in message
Rubbermades make a box that has the standard red flag to indicate there
is mail to be taken away and a yellow flag that gets raised when someone
opens the box.


And it works well,. I can easily see the flag from the house. It had been
up for a few years now and has withstood the snow plow also.

I've seen attachments you can put on a box also. Can't remember where, but
they do exist.

We had one. It used a weight to lower the flag.

There was a bracket (probably attached with set screws to the lip at
the opening of the mailbox, on the side. The yellow flag was on a
metal arm, pivoting in the middle.

The bottom of the flag arm was a piece of moderately stiff sheetmetal.
One set the flag arm horisontal and closed the mail box door on top of
that piece, so the flag was down. When the mailman opened the door,
the weight went down and the flag went up.

If you can't find one for sale, you could make one.