# So I opened mail that wasn't really addressed to me.

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**Created:** [October 1, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-mail-that-wasnt-really-addressed-to-me/512255 "2009-10-01T17:56:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2009, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-opened-mail-that-wasnt-really-addressed-to-me/512255/41 "2009-10-06T02:20:08Z")

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> [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#):
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> Usually you get a postcard from the post office that says you have an oversized delivery and they’ll hold it at the nearest post office for you to pick it up.
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> I order bike stuff over the internet all the time, and any parcel too big to fit in the mailbox gets this treatment.

I have a (nonlockable) curbside mailbox and when I get a package that doesn’t fit in it the carrier leaves it on my front porch. UPS does the same thing, except the driver rings my doorbell before walking away.

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