See Your Mail Before It Arrives

Friday, March 1, 2019

Arrives (NAPSA)—If you're traveling, expecting an importantletter, worried about mail theft or just too curious to wait until the mail arrives, this can be your red-letter day, thanks to a free feature from the United States Postal Service. Your smartphonecan now show you what mail you're getting beforeit’s delivered. Informed Delivery lets you know what is coming anytime, anywhere on your computer, smartphoneortablet. InformedDelivery allows youto see digital images of incoming mail. It lets you automatically track packages you are expecting through email and text alerts so you don't need to enter any tracking numbers. The feature allows you to enter delivery instructions for yourmailcarrier as well. HowIt Works The United States Postal Service digitally images the frontofletters that run through its automation equipment. Using those images, it can send you digital notification of your mail every morning,beforeit is delivered to your homeoroffice. That lets you take any necessary action even before important items reach the mailbox—and makes sure you know whatis supposedto be in your mailbox after delivery. WhatYou Get ‘Thenotifications you receive are of imagesofthe address side of incoming letters. The imagesarealso accessible on the Informed Delivery dash- board at https://informeddelivery.usps. com. For items with USPS Tracking, users will be able to view delivery status of packages, provide USPS deliv- ery instructions, managetheir notifications, and schedule redelivery from the dashboard. Most USPS domestic packagestied to the address associated with a USPS accountwill be automatically available on the Informed Deliv- ery dashboard.Youcanalso get USPS Tracking updates for incoming packages via separate email ortext notifi- cations, The dashboard displays mail piece images for seven days, while package information will display for 15 days after each package has been deliv- ered. You can opt in for email or text notifications with status updates for incomingpackages, too. Learn More Forfurther information andto sign up, goto informeddelivery.usps.com.

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