How to Recover Recent Sent Mail

Tracking numbers on packages assist in recovering sent mail.

Recovering recent sent mail can require confirming the delivery status of postal mail with a tracking number or rifling through your e-mail's sent folder to retrieve electronically-sent mail. Postal tracking ensures that documents or packages are received, while retrieving sent e-mails allows for options such as editing, resending and adding recipients.

Things You'll Need

• Confirmation receipt
• Postal tracking number
• Internet
• Phone (optional)
• PS Form 1510
• OR
• E-mail login information

Instructions

Tracking Postal Mail

1. Find your proof of mailing or delivery confirmation receipt for mail sent through the Postal Service with purchased services such as certified mail delivery, confirmation, signature confirmation or registered mail tracking numbers. Locate the tracking number.

2. Type www.usps.com into your Internet browser's web address bar to access the official United States Postal Service (USPS) website.

3. Locate the "Track and confirm" option on the USPS website. Type the tracking number found on your receipt in Step 1 into the blank "track and confirm" field on the USPS site. Click Go to recover the status of your sent mail.

4. Go to a post office or call the USPS at 800-ASK-USPS for inquiries regarding lost sent mail if you are unable to track your recent sent mail.

5. Ask a postal worker at the post office you sent the mail from if there are undeliverable packages in holding. This can occur if a return address is not readable or if the intended recipient moved. If so, describe your package to the postal worker.

6. Fill out a PS 1510 form to report lost mail. Give it to a postal worker at your post office. Follow-up weekly by phone or in person to recover your recent sent mail.

Retrieving Sent E-mails

1. Go to your e-mail server. Type your login identification and password to gain access to your e-mail account records.

2. Scroll down and click the "sent" folder if you did not delete your sent-e-mail or the "trash" folder if you did delete the e-mail.

3. Scroll through your list of e-mails in your "sent" or "trash" folder to find the recent sent e-mail.

4. Click the subject line of the sent e-mail you wish to recover to open it for viewing.

   Make changes to your e-mail, if necessary. Resend it to the same recipient or to more recipients (optional).

References

• Unites State Postal Service: Sending and Receiving Mail
• Postal Inspectors: File a Complaint