developers treating the systems as an infinite resource pool with no real rules or resources past "does my code run?"
While I agree that some developers are cavalier with rules, consideration of resources is fundamental to writing software. I would say developers who ignore that aren't doing a very good job...
It is still unclear whether there are dangerous levels of use for cannabis, she added.
Fixed that for ya.
I have the same problem. There's at least two dozens distinct individuals who have had emails erroneously addressed to my inbox.
For automated emails that offer an easy link to unsubscribe or dissociate my email address from that account, I use the provided link. Those are pretty easy.
Sometimes people register for paid services that send a monthly bill and it comes to my email address. They may or may not be of English origin. For these, I just add a filter or rule to my email provider or client to just delete them or move them. Communicating with someone, possibly in another language, possibly requiring lots of bureaucratic red tape, is not really worth it. If they care about it enough, it's their responsibility to fix it.
The most annoying case is when a large group of friends start an email thread with a whole bunch of different people in the "to" or "cc" field. Asking them to correct the email address is pretty much an exercise in futility, since all it takes is one person to hit 'reply to all' and your email address is back on the thread. For these, I just block every recipient on the thread.
I've never had the problem of someone already having registered my email. One way around it would be to set up another email address that just forwards to your actual email address.
what best practices do
Should be able to easily revertable
Had my hopes up, only to have them dashi'd. Ah well.
FTFY
The rule on staying alive as a program manager is to give 'em a number or give 'em a date, but never give 'em both at once.