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Maybe make it look like a spam email? :-)
This is a good point -- it didn't have to look like spam tho, it could look like anything. Or it could look like many things. Write up a 10-20 line text file of bullshit emails from one person, or even a few people -- or even have Chat Gippity write them, tho that might have a paper trail, depending on your attacker.
All you have to do is put some "flag" word in the first few words so you recognize it. Then, any reply to that inbox (which could have many aliases) resets the timer.
The big problem is, imo, if you're "dangerous" enough to de-alive, then you've already exposed something big. Would you have something left to expose after that?
Hiding it would work. You just have to make sure you don't miss any.
As for the danger. There are levels of exposure. You could leak something damning, but that could be played off as a 1 off. You might also be sitting on a huge amount of paperwork that proves it's endemic. That paperwork might also expose others who wanted things changed, but don't want to be outed. In this case, an initial leak can test the waters. The additional info can be rolled out, if it's needed, or the results justified.
E.g. Initial leak proves they did something nasty. The additional info massively backs it up, but also implicates a VP in its gathering. You might not want to show that hand until later, either to protect them, or to gather more info on their reaction.