BTW, for those of you who haven't tried it, cryptography@c2.net, which I run and moderate, has been pretty successful thus far in providing a low noise high quality area for discussing cryptography and cryptography related political issues. I invite people to join. To get on, simply send a message to majordomo@c2.net with the words subscribe cryptography in the body. Perry Adam Back writes:

There has been some discussion as to which list one should subscribe to once cypherpunks@toad.com is dead (which I would remind you is 4 days from now -- 19th Feb).

For those not paying attention, I have collated information about cypherpunks forums for your information: