# Reason Behind the Post Office blue box orifice change

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-behind-the-post-office-blue-box-orifice-change/914113 "2020-07-02T22:59:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reason-behind-the-post-office-blue-box-orifice-change/914113/2 "2020-07-02T23:43:56Z")

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[Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-mail-collection-boxes-no-more-double-checking-the-chute/848454) is a thread from February about the same thing. The reason is to prevent people from stealing mail already in the box.

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