Mail box locations name

This has been driving me crazy for a couple of weeks now.

Like so many things, this has gone upscale with Mail Boxes, Etc, and the UPS Stores, but I'm assuming that in certain areas, like around colleges, there are still places that provide mail box service to people that are not the US Post Office. I remember them having a specific name, but it's been a long time and maybe I'm wrong.

So anyone know what these places are called?

Rep points to all who help.

Best of luck

Jim Clark-Dawe

The collective street name. It seems to me there was a one or two word name to describe them, rather than "independent mail service provider" or "mailbox store."

Jim

I think "drop box" is what I was thinking of, but I'm going to use "mail drop" to make it clearer to the reader.

You can still find places where the mail boxes are a part of the total operation and not the whole thing. Mail Boxes, Etc. and UPS Stores are too corporate and organized so my character won't use those. But there are plenty of smaller operators where nobody does a lot of checking of people.

Thank you for all of the assistance.

Jim Clark-Dawe