Denver area USPS

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14. Interesting!

They usually don't bother scanning bulk mail. But I made the (unsupported) conclusion that the automated machines that image everything was done for national security reasons. E.g. they like having pix of the outside of everything to help in tracking down mail bombs.

The tiny local post office here used to deliver "local" mail without it leaving the post office. But that changed a few years ago ... everything had to be routed down the mountain for processing. That never made any sense unless the goal was to image (or sniff) everything. The "informed delivery" was a low-cost addition to the system they'd already built.

I don't *think* I'm being a total conspiracy nut yet. But give me a few more months and I'll get there.