open mailbox with raised flag 📬 - OzVoca Emoji Details
open mailbox with raised flag
The mailbox with a raised flag emoji indicates that a letter or package has arrived. It can be used as a cheerful sign that there's new mail.
You can send it to a friend to mean "I have something to tell you!" or "Check your messages!" It's useful for conveying important information or fun news.
This flag is a feature of North American mailboxes, where a homeowner puts outgoing mail inside and raises the flag to signal the mail carrier to pick it up. In the emoji, however, it's more widely used to mean the opposite: 'you have mail.'
In the digital age, this emoji often symbolizes 'online news' like emails, DMs, or chat messages rather than actual physical mail. Like AOL's "You've Got Mail!" alert from the 1990s, it's beloved as a retro-style icon that conveys the excitement and anticipation of receiving welcome news from someone.