If you install one, make sure it’s far enough away from the curb to minimize risk. A mason can design a brick mailbox for you.

Dear James: Now that I am living alone, I can finally install a neat mailbox instead of the old black one. What types of decorative mailboxes do you recommend, and ...

Watson added that if everyone needs to install a mailbox, he’d rather have USPS install a community mailbox in the neighborhood. However, he says USPS has not responded to that request yet.

The U.S. Postal Service is urging customers to upgrade to extra large mailboxes in an effort to cut down on theft.