[carikadon]

I am not sure if the Post Office takes pictures of every piece of mail. When I go on vacation I put a hold on my mail and request pictures of the mail coming in to me while I am gone. They do not take a picture of all of my mail and when they don’t it says picture not available. So I am not sure how reliable the pictures would be. We can only hope.

[Freedom56v2]

I don’t know, but I think it is an avenue worth pursuing. Supposedly they take pics of all mail...Interesting article...They have used mail pics in criminal cases a couple times...But they DON’T STORE THE IMMAGES LONG-TERM so TRUMP TEAM NEEDS TO GET ON IT AND SUPPOENA the IMAGES.

From NYT:

The Postal Service on Friday confirmed that it takes a photograph of every letter and package mailed in the United States — about 160 billion pieces last year — and occasionally provides the photos to law enforcement agencies that request them as part of criminal cases.

The images are taken at more than 200 processing plants around the country and are used primarily to help the agency sort mail, the postmaster general, Patrick R. Donahoe, said in an interview with The Associated Press.

But Mr. Donahoe said that the images had been used “a couple of times” by law enforcement to trace letters in criminal cases, including one involving ricin-laced letters sent to President Obama and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York. The images of letters and packages are generally stored for a week to 30 days and then destroyed, he told the A.P.

Last month, The New York Times reported on the practice, which is called the Mail Isolation and Tracking system. The program was created by the Postal Service after the anthrax attacks in late 2001 killed five people, including two postal workers.

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[Honest Nigerian]

To carikadon
EVERY piece of mail is to be photographed. It is part of our post 9-11 world.
Why are you so special that the PO would actually comply with your request? For all they know it could be a dry run to find flaws in the system.

[cgbg]

My mail carrier was a bit iffy for a while so I signed up for the service where they email me pictures of my mail before the mail has been delivered to my home.

It has been almost 100% accurate for several months.