How exactly did you learn any of that? Random guesses? Maybe the thing you should have learned here is to put the FAQ on the same page?
Simply because it is a mailing list at the moment and still chugging along doesn't mean this is superior. You basically created something naturally suited to being a website, but forced it into into mailing list form.
As for 'not having to go to the site all the time', there is an established solution for this. RSS.