IIRC, reading other people’s mail was certainly Asur. R”G gave it the Chomer of a Cherem due to that which he saw that in his Dor it was an issue.
I also recall that he set it for 1000 years, at which point it would automatically renew itself unless a set number of Chachamim would stop it from doing so. This occurred (or rather, didn’t occur) some 30-40 years ago.
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