The book I just received from Amazon is covered in ants, which have now infested my mailbox (and my nightmares). What to do, whom to contact? [more inside]
posted by thebazilist on Jun 24, 2009 - 34 answers

DIY mailbox on the cheap? What kind of box could I repurpose as a mailbox? [more inside]
posted by Zed on May 8, 2009 - 17 answers

Last week, my wife and I were out (no cars in the driveway), but my mother-in-law was at home and she saw our next door neighbor looking through our mail as he was walking his dog. I'd like to confront him without ruining our friendship. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by tedunni on Feb 12, 2009 - 32 answers

I am using Mail on OS 10.5.2. I have several mailboxes as well as subfolders. If I put messages in a mailbox that has subfolders, these messages do not appear when I look for them in the Finder. I'll try to be clearer inside. [more inside]
posted by ddaavviidd on Feb 8, 2009 - 2 answers

Mystery Mailbox Key: I found a strange key in my mailbox, and another arrived at a friend's house nearby. What's going on? [more inside]
posted by craven_morhead on Dec 17, 2008 - 10 answers

Escabechette has years of old e-mail stored on an old school account that's soon going to close. We want to move all this e-mail to her gmail account. Apparently this is now easy because "GMail supports IMAP." But I haven't succeeded in finding instructions (on AskMeFi or elsewhere) which are suitable for someone, like me, who doesn't know what the word "IMAP" means. Is this really easy? And can you explain to this naif how to do it? [more inside]
posted by escabeche on Jul 19, 2008 - 9 answers

Does everyone really have to know who lives in my apartment? [more inside]
posted by pinksoftsoap on Jul 4, 2008 - 25 answers

I need help finding the perfect mailbox. One without an eagle on it. Yes, we're picky. [more inside]
posted by reckman on Jul 4, 2008 - 7 answers

I have a curbside mailbox and mail theft is common in Utah (http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,600129714,00.html). Big Credit Card Company (BCCC) sends me convenience checks that can be stolen and cashed by anybody. The post office won’t let me move my mailbox to my house. Local politicians sided with the Postmaster. A rental box or a new security mailbox are impractical. [more inside]
posted by CollectiveMind on May 11, 2008 - 11 answers

Do I have to have a mailbox? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Nov 17, 2007 - 24 answers

Located in DC and needing to rent a mailbox in the Raleigh, NC area without going there... possible? [more inside]
posted by educatedslacker on Sep 11, 2007 - 4 answers

In Thunderbird, I can make a smart mailbox that shows only messages I haven't replied to, but I can't change the size of the text in the message lists. In Apple Mail, I can change the list size but can't figure out how to make a smart mailbox that only shows unreplied messages. I think I'd be better at answering mail if I could solve either of these problems. Help?
posted by clango on May 17, 2007 - 5 answers

How can I, a college student, get more mail? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Apr 24, 2007 - 41 answers

Help me fight The Man: My mail carrier is leaving me notes telling me that he is going to stop delivering mail to me unless I start locking my mailbox every day. Can he? [more inside]
posted by NotMyselfRightNow on Jul 18, 2006 - 33 answers

I need evidence of mailbox limits in use in large companies. [more inside]
posted by daveyt on May 25, 2006 - 37 answers

Why do some neighborhoods get USPS mail delivered to their door (or at least to their property) and other neighborhoods get USPS mail delivered to mailboxes on the street near the recipients' property but not on it? [more inside]
posted by pwb503 on Apr 14, 2006 - 13 answers

I backed into this woman's mailbox about eight months ago and now she wants me to pay for it. What am I legally/socially obligated to do? [more inside]
posted by deep_sea_diving_suit on Jan 29, 2006 - 24 answers

I'm looking for a service where I can rent a personal mailbox, and when mail comes in, it is scanned and put somewhere where I can retrieve it electronically (or get the paper mail forwarded to me, wherever I happen to be at the time). I've been using these folks in Las Vegas for a while (they're great, BTW)... but they only do the store-and-forward thing, and I'm really looking for electronic delivery whenever possible. [more inside]
posted by toxic on Aug 2, 2005 - 9 answers