On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:02:41 +0000 (UTC), Judy Zappacosta
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:19:06 -0600, HeyBub wrote:

If the box doesn't have a flag, the box doesn't conform to government
regulations. If the box is non-conforming, the postal service may decline to
service it.

They deliver my mail fine.

I never put outgoing mail in the mailbox to be taken.

So, I can live without the red flag (although it would be nice to have
one).

I went to Lowes today to look again for just the red flag but they don't
sell it standalone.

But the more important thing is to figure out how I can tell if mail is
inside the mailbox.

I was thinking something like the little red light that is on the garage
door. If that beam is broken, there's an indicator that turns on outside.

Seems like a general enough request that others would have resolved it by
now. Or, does everyone always look in their mailbox every day even when
there's no mail inside?


The red flag will only tell you the mail vehicle passed by but would
not indicate if the box were empty or not. My mother used a small
plastic ornament tied to the mailbox door handle using a 12" string.
To close the door take up 8" of string and push it between the latch
as you close the mailbox door. The weight falls when the door is
opened by the postmaster to complete delivery. I guess you can call
it a Gravity Powered Indicator (GPI).