This list and a question

I just joined this list last week, I may have been greviously mistaken, but I thought that this list talked about technical issues of being a cypherpunk. It seems to me that most of the things posted here belong is a newsgroup rather than in my mailbox. So I guess the question is: Is there a cypherpunk newsgroup, and if there isn't why? I am not complaining so much about the content, but I get so many mail messages about things that I would just as soon miss in my mail box that I have a hard time finding the messages that I do want. Just a thought. . . . Hey and is there some sort of FAQ? gemnis