QSAam NNTP Mail Retriever

online: https://quicksilvermail.net/qsaam

QSAam is a QSL companion program which adds 2 capabilities:

QSA works with QSL for sending config messages and replying to your incoming nym mail. It can also be used stand alone. In that case, the decrypted messages and nym config messages are copied to the clipboard for action by another program.

alt.anonymous.messages
All incoming nym mail is posted to alt.anonymous.messages. QSA is designed to scan that group, downloading every available article. As the messages are retrieved, the subject of each is used to test whether the message is for you or not. If so the message is saved to the QSA database. If not, the message is discarded.

Downloading all available messages is the secret to why checking the mail there does not give you away. If you were being watched by some attacker or LEA, and you only download messages intended for you, the attacker would see exactly which messages are yours. That's a bad thing. Downloading all messages every time you get mail, solves this problem. QSA does this automatically. No one knows which messages are yours or even if you had mail or not. Another benefit of using alt.anonymous.messages is that there are so many news servers around the world. It's not possible that every server can be watched.

nym config messages
In order to retrieve incoming nym mail, it's necessary for you to have an existing nym. If you have that already, that's great. You'll just need to put the info you used to setup your nym into QSA and you'll be ready to start getting your mail. If you don't have a nym already, QSA can generate the required creation request after you enter the setup info into the program.

The messages for creating nyms of either type, require specific format. A single misplaced letter can cause your request to be discarded. Some people are astute enough to create these messages themselves--by hand. For most, that is a frustrating experience. QSA will generate the message and you can have confidence that it is correct will perform the desired action.