I get quite a bit of spam that is a "reply" to old NANOG posts (some dating back a year or more). Seems to only happen on some specific threads, dunno why though.

Definitely recommend using a nanog-specific alias and auto-spam-folder'ing anything to that alias that isn't CC nanog@nanog, that seems to get rid of it.

Matt

On 7/18/23 5:02 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
malware email is so common i normally do not warn of it.  but, in this
case, the attacker is extracting quotes from nanog and luring folk into
clicking.  e.g.

From: takaha...@fukushitrust.com
Subject: Re: jon postel
To: Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:01:47 -0700

Hello!

We would like to present to you several alternatives for presentations and find 
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Waiting for your reply
> Does anyone have any stories about working with or near John they > would like to share with the
  list? It would definitely make my day > to hear more about the early internet 
somewhere around i have a
  protocol violation ticket he issued. --- Who says that routing unallocated 
address space is ungood? --
  Randy Bush Routing unallocated address space is ungood! -- Jon Postel randy

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From: off...@daimontrade.com.ua
Subject: Re: Reverse DNS for eyeballs?
To: Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 02:56:36 -0700

Hello,

Modified paperwork regarding For this month. Kindly read through it attentively.

https://soocoop.net/e24/1s0/7ckl0icu7h

We appreciate your attention.
> I would say the absence of reverse DNS tells useful info to receiving > MTAs - to preferably not
  accept. yep

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