how to make a mail box system in minecraft with a hopper and command block?

You can do this without command blocks, just put a chest under the hopper and run a comparator from the hopper to whatever you want to notify you, like a note block or redstone lamp.


Here is a very basic circuit to notify the presence of an item. I used a chest but you can use a hopper if you like.

Comparator directly out of a chest. Place one item in the chest and comparator outputs a signal of one:

Basic

Here is the same circuit but it shows that a comparator can be used through a block. This could be used to have a mailbox outside the house and the indicator on the inside of the house. Through wall

This is the same circuit as above but there is an item in the chest and a redstone lamp: Last