This is your new mailbox.   Pick the flower and put it in your Game Data/Objects folder.  It will turn the Maxis mailbox on every residential lot - even in Magic Town - into this tiny flower and works just like the Maxis one.  DO NOT DELETE THE FLOWER OR YOU WILL MESS UP YOUR GAME BADLY!

 

You will also want some new skins for your mailbox so that it looks like the sim is actually getting those lovely bills from a real box. [masks]  Unzip these into your Downloads folder.  You will find them in the catalog under Miscellaneous in your game.  They will hide the little flower and you can decorate them and change them with the seasons.  Don't worry about hiding the flower however because the masks communicate with the flower, allowing you to command your sims to get mail.

Directions:  To put the mask or anything else on the flower, hold down the CTRL and SHIFT keys and type C.  A little cheat window opens at the top left of your game screen.  Type MOVE_OBJECTS ON exactly as shown, then ENTER.  Use the hand cursor in either Buy or Build mode to place your new mask and decorate it, then open the cheat window again (CTRL-SHIFT-C).  Type MOVE_OBJECTS OFF, then ENTER.

 

If you're nervous about using hacks but still want to use these skins, just move your Maxis mailbox to a hidden spot on the property where the mail carrier can reach it.  DO NOT DELETE THE MAILBOX OR YOU WILL MESS UP YOUR GAME BADLY!

 Object creators - cloning these skins is not only allowed, it's encouraged.  Please let us know at the forum where we can download the skins that you create from these bases and provide a link to Magic Sims so that your downloaders can get the flower patch. You must use one of the bases below or the prototype because they have been hacked to communicate with the mailbox. Sims can be directed to get mail when users click on the replacement.