Yes, and so are we!
Good question. Here it is: http://www.mailpile.is/blog/index.rss
When Mailpile is ready, that should be an option, yes. But when is software ever ready?
We have an IRC channel on Freenode, #mailpile
. This is the easiest to get hold of us and ask questions. Otherwise you can follow us on Twitter.
We'll probably also add a mailing list one of these days... ;-)