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   > MP>That is what it has always meant here in the states.  I have never known   
   of   
   >   >the postman to raise the flag after putting mail in the box.   
      
   > I grew up in a very rural farming area - we didn't farm but we had   
   > a few acres and horses - and the mailbox was a fair ways from the   
   > house and the mailman used to put the flag up if he left you mail   
   > saving you a walk out there for nothing..   
      
   That makes sense except when you put something out, and raise the flag, how   
   do you know it is not still up because he's not been yet?   
      
   Now it is very rare that there is anything outgoing in the box but, back   
   when I was a kid, it seemed like we had mail going out and coming in almost   
   daily... bills, letters, etc., that were commonplace before the electronic   
   age.   
      
   Mike   
      
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