Verify mail handling authorizations
Confirm who may receive instructions, collect items, request forwarding, or change handling preferences using current evidence and a documented human exception process.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Business area | virtual-office-mailroom |
| Primary role | virtual-office-mailroom-manager |
| Frequency | event-driven |
| Privacy sensitivity | high |
| Security sensitivity | high |
| Compliance review | needed |
Trigger and handoff
Trigger: Authorization is created, changed, expires, is challenged, or is used for a sensitive action.
Inputs
- Client authority record
- Requester evidence
- Approved verification and delegation rules
Outputs
- Verified authorization status
- Approved update or explained refusal
- Escalated discrepancy
Current manual methods
- Signature card
- Familiarity with collector
- Email from known address
Human judgment and approvals
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Evaluate evidence and discrepancy context
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Recognize coercion
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fraud
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or legal-process indicators
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Approval: Manager approves nonstandard evidence or disputed authority
Failure modes
- Expired delegate remains accepted
- Similar name or mailbox access is treated as authority
Success metrics
- Sensitive actions trace to current authorization
- Discrepancies are paused and escalated rather than guessed