DEAR ABBY: My husband and I frequently receive birthday cards, Christmas cards and other mail that has been misaddressed. Today a thank-you note from "Carrie" to "Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Murphy" arrived at our address. Our name is Smith, and we have no idea who the Murphys are. Again, there was no return address to let the sender know the address was incorrect.
I do open these mailings, hoping there will be an address on the inside. When I return them to the post office, they just wind up in the dead-letter file.
Please remind your readers to put return addresses on their correspondence. -- RETURN TO SENDER, CATASAUQUA, PA.
DEAR MRS. SMITH: I'm pleased to pass the word along. However, you should not open mail that is addressed to someone else because to do so is against the law. The envelope should be marked "addressee unknown" and returned to the post office or to your mail carrier.