On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:13:13 -0500, dbriggs
wrote:

Robert DeSavage wrote:
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?

You might want to go to this Google search results link. Seems to have
the info you desire.

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...lbox+indicator

I remember several boxes that had a little metal piece on a small chain.
You wedged it between the door and the body of the box; when it was
opened by the carrier, the piece would fall and hang down (usually 6-12"
or so) and could be seen from the house

cya
A bit difficult though with the mailbox inside a stome pillar - - - -
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