Not everything can be e-mailed and text messaged. Amazon packages and even some official documents will find their way into ...

You'll always know when to check the mail ...

This simplistic gadget alerts you when the mailman comes, but only if your mailbox is close enough to your house. Update 01-23-19: Since we published this review, the team behind Smart Alert For Mail ...

You’ve got mail.

[Zak] loves getting a notification on his phone when he gets physical mail. Enough to wire his mailbox slot with an ESP8285 to send him alerts. Previously, [Zak] used a cellular-based solution as the ...

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There are no weird, specialized components nor esoteric sleep mode tricks behind the long battery life of [Zak]’s WiFi mail slot watcher. Just some sensible design and clever focus on the device’s ...