NOT A REQUIREMENT | USPS is asking people to install new jumbo mailboxes

Note: It's much easier to steal parcels/packages from a street mailbox than having to walk to your front porch to do so. This is simply a means to make it easier on carriers and cheaper for the postal service at your expense and increased theft vulnerability. They are already crushing your packgages by forcing them in your mailbox as service goes to crap with unvetted carriers, or forcing you too use unsafe , inconvenient Cluster Boxes.
Article Title: Snippet of Article: "..."Today’s newer mailboxes are wider and taller to accommodate delivery of items you’ve ordered online..." Reference: www.local12.com

Mail theft victims petition HOA for safety changes to cluster mailboxes

Article Title: Mail theft victims petition HOA for safety changes to cluster mailboxes Snippet of Article: "...SACRAMENTO, Calif. — There is finger-pointing in a North Natomas neighborhood about who is responsible for making mailboxes safer after years of mail thefts.

The residents of Rockmont Circle are gathering signatures for a petition demanding the HOA replace older cluster boxes with sturdier ones.

Kelly Obrecht said since she works at home, she's turned into the neighborhood watch over mailboxes.

"I'll text people, go get your mail before dusk before it's stolen," Obrecht said. ...

" Reference: www.kcra.com

'Even stealing Mother's Day cards': Natomas neighborhood fed up with weekly mail thefts

Article Title: 'Even stealing Mother's Day cards': Natomas neighborhood fed up with weekly mail thefts Snippet of Article: "...They said their cluster mailboxes are at issue, just like many other Sacramento neighborhoods. Postal inspectors have said the thieves get the master key, which opens many mailboxes. The Rockmont residents said someone hit their cluster box Saturday afternoon around 2:45 p.m. "Good grief, they’re so brazen about it," said Vicki Rondeau. ..." Reference: www.kcra.com