upcoming changes to USPS hold mail service

[bill]

Upcoming Changes to USPS Hold Mail Service

Dear USPS® Customer,

You are receiving this notice because our records indicate you have previously placed your mail on hold with USPS.

To provide you with greater security, USPS is making several changes to the online USPS Hold Mail™ process. These improvements will require additional action from you before you submit your next hold mail request.

What is changing?

Beginning in early October 2019, to place an online hold mail request in the future, you will be required to:

Create or sign in to your USPS.com® account
Verify your identity
Note: There are several identity verification methods available, with some methods taking up to one week to complete, so please plan accordingly.

How can I prepare?

To complete account creation and satisfy the Hold Mail identity verification requirement ahead of these changes, you can sign up for the free USPS Informed Delivery® feature - the only feature that currently offers identity verification. Once you are identity verified, you will not have to complete this step again for your current address and will be able to hold your mail. As an Informed Delivery subscriber, you will also be able to digitally monitor your mail while it is on hold. To learn more and sign up, go to the Informed Delivery Homepage. See more details in the Informed Delivery FAQs.

What if I already scheduled a USPS Hold Mail request?

If you placed a USPS Hold Mail request before these changes are implemented, your request will not be affected.

If you have other questions related to this upcoming change, please feel free to Contact Us or reach out to the USPS Helpdesk at 1 (800) 344-7779 for more information.



Thank you for being a valued USPS customer.



Sincerely,
Your United States Postal Service

[TheButcher]

Nothing too complicated, seems a good move to tighten security so I would be okay with it.

[BHT]

People still mail stuff?

[bill]

People still mail stuff?

yep

[BrasSmonkey]

the verification scares me. i don't want to have to go get my fucking mail.

[Boner]

People still mail stuff?

My credit cards come by mail.

[ezdoesitz]

Even an old man like myself uses online statements and banking. paper mail is a waste of trees, move to paperless save the environment.