"Do you think this screams "PACKAGES INSIDE" to criminals?"

No more than a small mailbox screams "SMALL ENVELOPE WITH BIG CHECK INSIDE".

Check with the local Postmaster about their mailbox requirements.

Ha, except unless they're really talented, checks can't be cashed by anyone except the recipient.

You only need a flag for outgoing mail....so as long as you never neeed to post something!

Put a deer camera at the entrance pointed straight at the mailbox. The newfangled ones can transmit the pics by cellular so just having a cheap one (that doesn't transmit) might be enough to stave off any postal theft or mischief.

We bought a house with a GIANT mailbox. Most packages still come to our door, and although we have not, to our knowledge, had any mail or packages stolen from the box, it sure looks like it's attracted a baseball bat or 5 over the years. I can't wait to replace it.

We are semi rural with a long driveway, packages are set on top of it. The post office doesn’t come down unless it’s too big to sit on top of the box. So far (25 years) we haven’t had a theft. Baseball bats and firecrackers, we’ve had those.

What is a rocked mailbox??

Maybe the lawyers can answer but if you build some kind of immovable structure by the side of the road and someone hits it and is injured, is there liability?

As a tangential comment, I will say that I have always written "For deposit only" on the back of every check that I have mailed. That extra step ensures that no one other than the recipient can access the money.

You need to check with your local postmaster about if/how to rock your mailbox and flag legality.

Also depending on the area will be the issue of immobile by the road or not. Around here people regularly build small walls on the approach side of their mailboxes to help prevent snowplows from burying their boxes. Usually wood, but I've seen a couple brick ones too. Some other places don't allow this.

If you have a mailbox theft problem in your area, it might be wiser to keep letting the postal workers bring it up to your house instead of putting in a big mailbox.

iln Texas on a state highway one must have the highway department install the mailbox on a "break-away' type post. So you might want to check any local ordinances.