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[–] ubermeisters@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not really. Letters are generally of a known size so a house-side box is used to receive letters. It's a letterbox. Then mailboxes, which you may note are generally much larger than house-sixe boxes, are intended for more than letters, and are sized as such. They care called mailboxes dur to them holding more than letters/envolopes.