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A mailbox system includes a mailbox housing having an interior chamber. The interior chamber has a surface area and a depth. A lockbox is securely coupled to the mailbox housing, and the lockbox is disposed in the interior chamber of the mailbox housing. A security door is hingeably attached to a wa

A mailbox system includes a mailbox housing having an interior chamber. The interior chamber has a surface area and a depth. A lockbox is securely coupled to the mailbox housing, and the lockbox is disposed in the interior chamber of the mailbox housing. A security door is hingeably attached to a wall of the lockbox. The security door has a size smaller than that of the surface area of the interior chamber of the mailbox housing. A lock assembly is coupled to the security door, and the lock assembly is configured to alternatively maintain the security door in a closed position or an opened position.

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1. A mailbox system comprising: a mailbox housing having an interior chamber, said interior chamber having a surface area and a depth, said mailbox housing having an exterior door being hingeably coupled to a wall of the mailbox housing;a lockbox being positioned within and being secured to the inte

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A mailbox system comprising: a mailbox housing having an interior chamber, said interior chamber having a surface area and a depth, said mailbox housing having an exterior door being hingeably coupled to a wall of the mailbox housing;a lockbox being positioned within and being secured to the interior chamber of the mailbox housing, said lockbox defining a lockbox interior chamber for receiving and storing mail, said lockbox defining an open front end for providing access to the lockbox interior chamber, wherein the lockbox extends substantially the entire height, width and radius of a curvature of the interior chamber of the mailbox housing;a security door hingeably attached to a wall of the lockbox, said security door having a size covering the entire defined open front end of the lockbox, said security door lacking an opening thereon; anda lock assembly coupled to the security door, said lock assembly configured to alternatively maintain the security door in a closed position or an opened position. 2. The mailbox system of claim 1, further comprising a key system for operably enabling the lock assembly. 3. The mailbox system of claim 2, wherein the key system comprises a master key. 4. The mailbox system of claim 2, wherein the key system comprises a user key. 5. The mailbox system of claim 1, wherein the mailbox housing is disposed on a stand, said stand being placed by curbside. 6. The mailbox system of claim 1, wherein the surface area of the interior chamber of the mailbox comprises about one of the following values in square inch (inch2): 54.00, 59.00, 61.00, 74.80, 75.60, 92.50, 100.20, 118.80, 120.50, 163.40, 215.00, and 241.5. 7. A mailbox system comprising: a lockbox being positioned within and being secured to an interior chamber of a mailbox housing, said lockbox defining a lockbox interior chamber for receiving and storing mail, said lockbox defining an open front end for providing access to the lockbox interior chamber, wherein the lockbox extends substantially the entire height, width and radius of a curvature of the interior chamber of the mailbox housing;a security door hingeably attached to a wall of the lockbox, said security door having a size covering the entire defined open front end of the lockbox, said security door lacking an opening thereon;a lock assembly coupled to the security door, said lock assembly configured to alternatively maintain the security door in a closed position or an opened position;a first key for enabling the lock assembly; anda second key for enabling the lock assembly. 8. The mailbox system of claim 7, further comprising: a second lockbox being positioned within and being secured to a second interior chamber of a second mailbox housing, said second lockbox defining a second lockbox interior chamber for receiving and storing mail, said second lockbox defining a second open front end for providing access to the second lockbox interior chamb er, wherein the second lockbox extends substantially the entire height, width and radius of a curvature of the second interior chamber of the second mailbox housing;a second security door hingeably attached to a wall of the second lockbox, said second security door having a size covering the entire defined second open front end of the interior chamber of the second mailbox housing;a second lock assembly coupled to the second security door, said second lock assembly configured to alternatively maintain the second security door in a closed position or an opened position; anda third key for enabling the second lock assembly. 9. The mailbox apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first key comprises a master key enabling the second lock assembly. 10. A secure mailbox system comprising: a plurality of housings, each of said plurality housings having an interior chamber, said interior chamber having a surface area and a depth, each of said plurality of housings having an exterior door, said each of the exterior door being hingeably coupled to a wall of the each of the plurality of housings;a plurality of lockboxes, each of said plurality of lockboxes being positioned within and being secured to the corresponding interior chamber of each of the plurality of housings, said each of the plurality of lockboxes defining a lockbox interior chamber for receiving and storing mail, said each of the plurality of lockboxes defining an open front end for providing access to the lockbox interior chamber, wherein each of the plurality of lockboxes extends substantially the entire height, width and radius of a curvature of the interior chamber of the each of the plurality of housings;a plurality of security doors, each of said plurality of security doors hingeably attached to a wall of the each of the plurality lockboxes, said each of the plurality of security doors having a size covering the entire defined open front end of the lockbox, said security door lacking an opening thereon;a plurality of lock assemblies, each of said plurality of lock assemblies being coupled to the each of the plurality of security doors, said each of said plurality of lock assemblies configured to alternatively maintain the each of the plurality of the security doors in a closed position or an opened position; anda first key for operably enabling the plurality of lock assemblies. 11. The secure mailbox system of claim 10, wherein the exterior door comprises the door without a lock assembly.