On Wed, 29 May 1996, Richard D. Lawson wrote:

Thanks for all your help on subscribing to r.a.a.c.  My sysadmin may or 
may not add it to our news server - something about what kind of 
"feeds" they get.  He did point out the newsgroup called 
"rec.arts.anime.stories" - is this the same thing?

r.a.a.s. was canceled in favor of r.a.a.c. months ago.  Your admin
mentioned feeds.  Well, I can't tell you much, but I do know that sprynet
is having a severe news problem.  I know the exact details, but I can't
tell you.

I finally accessed it through Compuserve.  I tried posting a message 
there - no response.  I tried browsing for messages - nothing.

I understand it's a moderated group - how often does it get updated?

Very infrequently.