For those in the US going on vacation (as I am about to do), did you know that the US Postal Service will let you request a hold on your mail over the web? USPS Delivery Services gives you a simple form, and presto! No mail for a week. Long gone are the days of awkwardly meeting your neighbors to ask them to take your mail in. By the way: there’s nothing in the form to determine that you are requesting a hold on your own mail. More malicious minds than mine would see a prank in the making...