There are several companies out there such as Homebase Oregon, Earth Class Mail, Paperless P.O. Box, and MailLink Plus that say they will take your mail and sift through it, scan it and alert you to what you’ve received.  You get to see everything online and decide if some piece of mail is junk and if something else is important.  I’ve read that they will recycle junk mail, shred any sensitive information that you don’t need or send any important mail items that you physically need in your hands to any address in the U.S. that you want, even when you’re spending a couple weeks at Aunt Milly’s house for the summer you can have your mail forwarded there.  I’m intrigued about this system.  I kind of like it provided the security is solid.  Anyone know?  Of course, as many of you may have also experienced, me and members of my family have been victims of identity theft and had our credit cards charged even though our mail has been sent to our mailboxes directly - so the regular route’s no guarantee of security either.

I just wondered if anyone has heard of it out there and what do you think?  Any experience with this? Does this concept have a future?