Getting your mail
Good Monday everyone! I am wondering the best way to handle our mail this winter. In the past we've only been gone two months max at a time and our PO has been gracious about extending our mail hold...
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Clay L wrote:Thanks for further clarifying that for my post. I forgot to state that it is a temporary forward.
For two winters we did a post office TEMPORARY mail forwarding to a mail forwarding service. The service then sent our mail to wherever we were. Worked fine for us. It is a small town though and the local PO and carrier are very helpful and knowledgeable.
The reason for a temporary forward is that if you do a permanent one to a mail forwarding service you can't just submit a new change of address because that would route all of the mail sent to the mail forwarding service to your new address. The PMB (private mail box number) the service assigns you and uses for your mail means nothing to the post office.
When you go on line to forward your mail it is important to click TEMPORARY forward.
Many Post Offices and soon to be all including mine are now requiring that you do it on line. That way it is done automatically at the main office and your mail is never even sent to the local one. Less change for missing mail.
https://www.usps.com/
click tab manage your mail then forward your mail
