USPS Informed Delivery

If you have ever anxiously awaited the delivery of letter-sized mail through the United States Postal Service (USPS) and wondered if it will arrive soon, you may be interested in signing up for a USPS service called Informed Delivery. According to USPS, “Informed Delivery is a free and optional notification feature that gives residential consumers the ability to digitally preview their letter-sized mail and manage their packages scheduled to arrive soon… Users receive emails to the email address in their personal USPS.com® account containing grayscale images of the exterior, address side of up to 10 pieces of incoming letter-sized mail that is arriving soon.”

To register for this service, visit informeddelivery.usps.com and click the “Sign Up for Free” button. From there, you’ll need to verify the eligibility of your address, create a USPS account (if you don’t already have one), and verify your identity. Users will be able to receive email and/or text notifications and will also be able to access images on the Informed Delivery dashboard at informeddelivery.USPS.com.

Informed Delivery was introduced about 3 years ago, and ironically my volume of US mail at that time had been and continues to be at an all-time low. Most of my communications with banks, credit cards, investment companies, schools, and other important accounts are done via email and their respective online portals. Rarely do I ever expect to receive important communication via US mail nowadays. That being said, I could see it potentially coming in handy from time to time.