page_title: Letter box
section_title: Letter box standards and construction
hierarchical_section_title: Letter box / Letter box standards and construction
caption_attribution_description: English: Cidex Français&#160;: Cidex ("Courrier Individuel à Distribution EXeptionnelle"), groupement de boites aux lettres en France.
context_page_description: A letter box, letterbox, letter plate, letter hole, mail slot or mailbox is a receptacle for receiving incoming mail at a private residence or business. For the opposite purpose of collecting outgoing mail, a post box is generally used instead.
  Letterboxes or mailboxes use the following primary designs:
  A slot in a wall or door through which mail is delivered
  A box attached directly to the building
  A box mounted at or near the street
  A centralised mail delivery station consisting of individual mailboxes for an entire building
  A centralised mail delivery station consisting of individual mailboxes for multiple recipients at multiple addresses in a particular neighborhood or community
caption: Community letter box station in France
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