A number identifying a private advertisement in a newspaper and functioning as an address for replies.
信箱号码
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The magazine uses box numbers to protect the privacy of subscribers and warns readers it cannot be held responsible for dealings between advertisers and correspondents.
She could then dial their mail box number, give the password, and check for messages without calling their home number.
The letter, which came from an address in London, tells recipients to quote box numbers when replying.
He was critical of people who often leave their weapons within their vehicles and added that anybody selling a firearm through a newspaper should only use a box number and never include their address or telephone number in the advert.
This rang a bell at the appropriate call box number at the main telegraph room in city hall.
Having made contact through a box number, we spoke on the telephone to arrange a photography session.
I also ignored the anonymous ads that required its respondents to reply in confidence to a box number.
They just leave their personals box number for you.
The man's personal e-mail ID and the box number in which to apply followed.
She placed an ad in a London daily asking for relatives in Africa to contact Mrs. Neele at a box number.