Updated August 15, 2018

Your mail contains very personal information and is one of the easiest ways for criminals to steal your identity.

The difficult part about mail theft is, typically, you don't know what mail you're even expecting so you aren't sure if it was stolen. 

A new, free service through the U.S. Post Office could help ease your mind about whether you're missing any mail. The service is called Informed Delivery and is used by more than 11 million people nationwide, and 229,000 of them live in Tennessee. 

The service sends you a text or email every day around 9 a.m. with pictures of the mail you will receive that day. The only days you will not receive a notification are on holidays or Sundays when there is no mail service.

Informed Delivery also allows you to give the Post Office delivery instructions, like dropping off a package at your garage instead of your front door.

You can sign up for Informed Delivery by downloading the free app on your phone.