One can get a wide range of residential or commercial mailboxes in the market. A commercial mail box used for official purposes may include many specified cabinets for various sorts of letters, business drafts, important papers etc to be kept separately. If two or more families are living in a same residential apartment building, then also, you may use a multi cabinet mail box with a separate cabinet provided for each of the family living in that building.

Residential Letter boxes also enhance the beauty and outer look of the house. You may get contemporary wooden or iron letter boxes or modern durable plastic or galvanized steel mail box. Instead of using a letter box, some people prefer to use steel letter cages that provide more space that can be used to keep newspapers, magazines or even vegetables, fruits or other packages. Such letter cages are often mounted on the inside boundary wall of the houses.

Properly covered letter boxes are more beneficial as letter cages cannot keep the mail safe against rainfalls during rainy seasons. Aluminum mail boxes are also popular although they may not provide that much durability and strength as a galvanized steel letter box. Yet, aluminum boxes are lighter and rust resistant. One may also use durable strong plastic mail boxes available in various size, shapes and designs. A letter box with newspaper holder is more commonly used as they provide a definite space for keeping the news papers too.