If you're new to a newsgroup, you should check and see if it has any FAQ
postings or posting guidelines. In the rec.arts.comics.* family of
newsgroups, you can usually find such posts in rec.arts.comics.info. 

FAQ posts are also posted to most of the comics newsgroups, including
racmx. It's called a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions list) because it 
answers the questions that many new readers have. Even if you've read 
the books for years, the RACMX FAQ may tell you things that you never 
knew. So check it out!  Kate the Short keeps the General RACMX FAQ at:

URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/racmxFAQ/

You can also find links to almost all of the rac.* FAQs at:

URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/faqs/

Once you've read the FAQs, read racmx itself, preferably for more than 
a month. If you're in a hurry, then try reading *every* *single* *post* 
for two full weeks. You'll see whether your questions have already been
answered, learn who posts the most helpful answers, and discover which 
topics get on people's nerves. That helps to avoid flamewars.

If you have further questions about newsgroups or posting to news, read 
news.newusers.questions. Whether it is a technical question or a 
netiquette question, these people are the ones to help you out. You can
also visit the news.newusers.questions mirror site at:

URL: http://users.rcn.com/kateshort/nnq/