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Mail scanning

Read your mail without opening a mailbox

See the envelope first. If you want what is inside, ask for it to be opened and scanned, and read every page as a PDF from anywhere.

Choose your addressHow it works
The first page of a sample scanned letter
The finished scan request with View the scan and Download
Sample business and sample mail

One scan, step by step

From an envelope to a PDF you can read

Three moments in the real inbox, with a sample business and a sample letter.

  1. From the letter in your inbox, choose Open and scan. You see whether it is included in your plan before you confirm.

    Before
    The envelope is photographed and waiting in your inbox, unopened.
    What happens
    You choose Open and scan and confirm; you can cancel until the mailroom starts.
    After
    The request is in the mailroom's queue.

  2. The mailroom opens the envelope and scans every page. The PDF is in your inbox with its page count, and you are told by email.

    Before
    The mailroom has your request.
    What happens
    They open the envelope and scan each page into one PDF.
    After
    The finished scan is in your inbox, ready to read or download.

  3. Read the PDF in your browser or download it. If a page is cut off or hard to read, ask for a rescan at no charge.

    Before
    The scan is ready in your inbox.
    What happens
    You open it and read each page.
    After
    Keep the original in the mailroom, forward it or have it shredded.

Step 1 of 3

You ask for the scan
The finished scan request with View the scan and Download
SampleAsking for a scan on a phone.

Real Holuway Address screens, captured with a sample business, Juniper Studio LLC, and sample mail. The scanned page is a sample document, never a customer's letter.

01 · Ask

You decide what gets opened

Nothing is opened unless you ask. Choose a letter from your inbox and ask for it to be scanned; you see whether it is included in your plan before you confirm.

  • Letters, large envelopes, legal and government mail
  • An optional note for the mailroom
  • Cancel while the mailroom has not started

02 · Read

Every page, as a PDF

The mailroom opens the envelope and scans every page. The PDF is in your inbox with the number of pages, and you are told by email when it is ready.

  • Read it in the browser or download it
  • Scans are private: served only to you and your team
  • Your plan sets how many scans a month are included

03 · Quality

A page cut off? Ask again, free

If a scan is unreadable or misses a page, say what was wrong and the mailroom scans it again at no charge.

  • Rescans are always free
  • The original stays in the mailroom
  • Forward or shred it afterwards

Locations

Choose your address

Every address here is a live location run by a USPS-registered mail center.

The first locations are joining

Holuway Address is opening with its first mail centers. Addresses appear here as each location is verified and goes live, with its plans and prices.

Run a mail center? List it

Questions

Who opens my mail?

Staff at the mail center that holds your mailbox, a business registered with USPS as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency. They open only what you ask them to.

What does a scan cost?

Each plan includes a number of scans a month. Beyond that, the mail center's price for an extra scan is shown before you confirm and added to your next invoice.

Can packages be scanned?

Scanning is for letters and documents. Packages can be held for pickup or forwarded.

Give your business an address. Keep your mail in your pocket.

Choose a location, verify once, and every piece of mail is yours to read, forward or shred from anywhere.

Choose your addressHow it works

  • Virtual mailbox

    A virtual mailbox at a real street address: every envelope photographed, mail scanned, forwarded, held for pickup or shredded on request, and a record of every step.

  • Mail forwarding

    Forward any piece when you want, or set automatic mail forwarding weekly, every two weeks or monthly. One parcel, tracking in your inbox, postage at cost.

  • USPS Form 1583

    What PS Form 1583 is, which IDs USPS accepts, and how Holuway Address lets you fill it in online and sign it in person, on a video call with the mail center or with a notary.