Redirecting your mail to Earth Class Mail
After signing up for an Earth Class Mail account and completing a Form 1583, you may begin redirecting your mail to your new address in one of two ways:
1. Notify mailers directly:
Most of our customers prefer to redirect mail from only certain senders rather than having all their mail sent to us, so that home or office delivery will continue for items such as catalogs, magazine subscriptions, DVDs, USPS-shipped parcels, and other items you might prefer to receive directly. This option works the best for customers who will still be receiving mail at their local address.
Here's an example of how you might choose to have us manage your mail:
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FORWARD TO US |
KEEP SENDING TO YOURSELF |
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Everything you don't need in the original paper form! |
Anything you're sure you'll want opened only by you (be assured, our security is state-of-the-art) |
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Time-sensitive items (bills, dues notices, customer correspondence) |
Rental DVDs, online shopping orders |
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Items revealing your personal identity (our security exceeds your mailbox or p.o. box) |
Magazines |
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Infrequent but important reminders and notices for example, from alumni associations, insurance agencies, auto-licensing departments, professional organizations, voter-registration offices, friends and family during the holidays, children's schools, state and national tax offices, lawyers, companies that don't offer electronic billing, and vendors that send your favorite catalogs |
Newspapers |
2. Forward ALL of your mail:
If you won't be maintaining a local address while using our service, you probably can't choose which mail to receive online — you'll need us to get all of it. To make that happen, you can Complete a Change of Address Order (USPS form 3575), which is included in the USPS Mover's Guide packet and available at all US post offices, and most Mailboxes, Etc., FedEx Office and UPS stores.
NOTE: The USPS online Change of Address form is not capable of forwarding personal mail to a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA) address. This is a technical limitation, and won't prevent you from filing with a physical form.
It can take the USPS up to 10 business days to process a COA, so there may be up to a 2 week delay in when you begin to see mail in your Earth Class Mail account. A COA is only effective for one year. If you are planning to use our service for longer than a year, please ensure that we can continue to receive your mail by notifying senders directly of your Earth Class Mail address shortly before your COA expires.
If you're outside of the US and can't get a Change of Address form, we can send you a blank one to complete and mail back to us for submission. Just contact us and let us know.