Hold Mail Online - Unavailable?
Why is hold mail not available?
Hold Mail request on USPS website broken?
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I moved in April and have been able to use the hold mail service online 2-3 times since then without issue. Tried to use it again (after we left town, of course) and have been getting this error since Saturday.
What would cause mail holding to not be “available for this address” when it worked as recently as 3 weeks ago? We’ve never had any issues with delivery and live in a large neighborhood.
I am still getting informed delivery emails and on the informed delivery section of my account, it shows my address is valid and verified.
Any ideas why this would be happening?
I just tried submitting a hold mail request but got the message, “This service is currently unavailable.” I tried different browsers, clearing cache, etc. Still doesn’t work. All other links on the usps site work but not this one. Anyone know what’s going on? Anything else I can do?
USPS.com I login and I do the hold mail request from 12/30 to 1/4.
After submitting I get this message:
" Sorry, the resource you are looking for could not be found. It may have been moved to a new location. Please use the navigation links or search bar to locate the resource."
I was really intending to get the hold mail started tomorrow as I will be going out of town, not sure what to do now.
Update: Thanks all for the responses. I will fill out form and leave it in the mailbox.
The last time we went out of town, we requested to Hold Mail, and the post office did not. We made multiple online complaints that the mail was still being delivered, but the only thing that worked was calling the post office. Then they held it for two days and then started delivering the mail again every day again while we were still not in town.
Next time, we are looking at calling in every day to the post office if they don't hold the mail again. I wish this was a paid and reliable service like mail forwarding, because it is a security issue to have mail delivered to our house every day when we aren't there to bring it inside.
Any other tips on getting hold mail to work for us?