# Standard mail.. flagged word search?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-mail-flagged-word-search/703633>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 4, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-mail-flagged-word-search/703633 "2014-11-04T16:23:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Henryunderborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@Henryunderborn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henryunderborn)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-mail-flagged-word-search/703633/1 "2014-11-04T16:23:06Z")

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Does standard mail get scanned through some kind of x-ray viewer? That the documents within can be scanned like online emails? Think of it, a whole bunch of terrorists/underground anarchists, organizing, through the United States postal service. Free as the standard, they are working to destroy.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-mail-flagged-word-search/703633/2 "2014-11-04T16:31:39Z")

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No.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standard-mail-flagged-word-search/703633/3 "2014-11-04T16:45:43Z")

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Asked and answered. Closed.

**samclem** , moderator