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Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by dmckeon on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:29AM (#27025515)
I have lived at a non-delivery address for the past 5 years. The “every address” myth seems to be propagated by people who support USPS and conflate “we deliver to people all over the US” with “every address”.

That sounds similar, but is significantly different, and can be a major pain when dealing with people or businesses that believe the myth, and try to send important paperwork to a physical address, which may end up in our P.o. box if the USPS person handling it recognizes the name and can match it to a box number.

Putting both the physical and P.o. box addresses into an address block, in that order, works well, but then shippers can balk at finding a box number. (see also “Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses, etc.”)

Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by jermaustin1 on Monday May 03, 2021 @10:54AM (#27025815)
If it is a myth, it is propagated by the USPS.

They will deliver for every mail address. USPS designated non-deliverable addresses are typically new addresses that haven't been added, or as another commenter posted, an address that is unsafe to deliver.

Now, delivering to your mailbox might be a central mail hub that is part of your community/neighborhood, and not directly to your door, but that is still your address's mailbox.

Re:We mailed one hundred letters to test the postal service by Rebelgecko on Monday May 03, 2021 @06:31PM (#27031700)
What's the difference between a mail address and a street address?