USPS Informed Delivery

Some time back, I read about a startup in San Francisco:

1) you would forward all of your mail to them;

2) they would open & scan your mail, forwarding the scans;

3) you could choose to have any piece physically delivered;

4) the remainder hit the shredder.

Or, something like that, eh?

I also remember the USPS throwing fits.

From the InBox (with some formatting modified):

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Announcing USPS Informed Delivery.

Exclusively for our New York area customers.

Informed Delivery lets you see important mail - before it arrives.

As reported in VANITY FAIR and on the TODAY Show, Informed Delivery is now available at selected homes in New York and Southern Connecticut, at no cost, when you register here.

Why register for Informed Delivery?

Our new test service lets you:

- See important mail arrive while you're traveling

- See your mail when you're not first to the mailbox

- Retrieve a return address from last week's mail

- Access mailed offers and coupons at the store

- Keep a record of mail you receive

Follow this link to get Informed Delivery at home. Your first alert is just days away. There is no cost. And you can end service any time.

Informed Delivery mail images help USPS automate deliveries to you, every day. Now, those same images give you anytime, anywhere updates on your mail. Access Informed Delivery via email or browser, on a smartphone, tablet or PC. And we'll ask your feedback on new features to make Informed Delivery even more valuable and convenient.

Go here to start Informed Delivery at your home. It's easy, fast, and there is no cost.

With best wishes,

United States Postal Service

Questions? Find answers at http://informeddelivery.com/learnmore/?id=cmdc25

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Q/ Can you ask them to deliver just the stamp-bearing corners?

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Finally something from my generation to comment on

I remember seeing the startup on TV they were called Outbox. My impression when watching it was that it was a horrible idea that would find no customers. Here is an article on them in Wired magazine:

http://www.wired.com/2013/08/outbox/

As to the new service, it looks like they want to generate the same type of metadata on us as google and yahoo does and is trying to sell it to the public as a free service they are providing.

It reminds me of V Mail.

KGB,

I thought you were talking about something from that old sci-fi TV show called 'V' lol. I just read the Wikipedia entry on the V-Mail from WWII. Very interesting.