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I don’t think that applies in the given scenario. GP said that the letter is addressed to you, but the content is intended for someone else. You can’t obstruct

I don’t think that applies in the given scenario. GP said that the letter is addressed to you, but the content is intended for someone else. You can’t obstruct delivery because it’s been delivered to the right place (the address on the envelope). If obstruction of delivery applied in this case then we would end up with the ludicrous scenario where I could deliberately address letters to you, that are intended for my boss, then demand that you somehow deliver or return the letters once you’ve opened them. Imagine if I sent you thousands of these letters, it would be a postal and legal DDOS.

wolfgang42 7y ago
There is no requirement that you attempt to effect delivery to the intended recipient. The legal obligation would be met by writing “not at this address” on the envelope and putting it back in the mailbox. I imagine if you tried to abuse this and then sue your case would be thrown out of court. It would also be awfully expensive; compare the cost of postage to send all those letters with the cost of a rubber stamp to have them returned.