Letterbox mail detection

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johnmo

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#2723783 10-Jun-2021 16:31

Our Postie sends me a TXT whenever she puts anything in box. We are Rural and box is over 150m from house. Also have a real good Postie who holds mail whenever we are away if I TXT her.

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#2728170 13-Jun-2021 20:58

Just realised... I'm going to need two of these devices, one for letter-format junk that goes through the front slot of the letterbox and a second for the larger things that get pushed in through the parcel-sized access panel at the back. And since the back panel closes again after access I'll have to make the front sensor level-triggered and the back one edge-triggered.

Bugger.

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#2728171 13-Jun-2021 21:04

Possibility of a custom built letter-box that would suit automation a little easier perhaps?

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#2728172 13-Jun-2021 21:06

Ge0rge: Possibility of a custom built letter-box that would suit automation a little easier perhaps?

Already tried that, but the neighbours complained that it was an eyesore:

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