Hello my fellow relay operators, It doesn't seem like there's any malicious intent, maybe a bit of schizophrenia perhaps, but I've reached back out simply asking if he has any proof of anything actually going on just to appease my own curiosity. (…) I have no further comment about this.
Thanks, Zachary.
Per the principle of not giving exposure, I avoided posting a message. After all, all of us are going to receive it. My only concern was, that perhaps only I got the email. Making that some weird kind of a phishing attack. Now it’s clear that’s not the case.
It seems that the person harvested emails and indiscriminately spammed everybody: the recipients list contains @torproject.org too.
I agree regarding this not being malicious. However. If we’re wrong, I see two options to be cautious about. It may be FUD against Tor: the network or the project. With the goal of either discouraging participation or presenting us to other observers as not caring. Or it may be an attempt to collect data on relay operators. What kind, I can’t tell, but this is the kind of message that triggers xkcd 386 and engaging in a mail exchange.
Cheers, keep relaying and carry on