Newsgroup for Adobe InDesign?

[Walt Atwood]

How would you feel about a newsgroup(s) being created for Adobe InDesign
users to discuss their common concerns and offer support to each other?

I am not aware of any such newsgroups currently on Usenet, and would
consider drafting a control message if such a proposal received sufficient
support.

Comments?

[James L. Ryan]

On Tue, 17 Dec 2002 22:20:16 -0500, Walt Atwood wrote (in message
<BA2553A0.1090E%walt....@verizon.net>):

> How would you feel about a newsgroup(s) being created for Adobe InDesign
> users to discuss their common concerns and offer support to each other?

Although not newsgroups, Adobe, on their website, does host separate
discussion forums for each of the Adobe products. A plus is that often a
question is answered by Adobe.

Here is a URL:

<http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html>

[Davoud]

Walt Atwood:

*****

No need to duplicate the user-to-user forum at
<http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx?14@@.ee6b330>.

Davoud

--
david *at* davidillig dawt com

[Walt Atwood]

On 12/17/02 11:11 PM, in article
0001HW.BA255FA2...@news.earthlink.net, "James L. Ryan"
<talies...@mac.com> wrote:

> Although not newsgroups, Adobe, on their website, does host separate
> discussion forums for each of the Adobe products. A plus is that often a
> question is answered by Adobe.

While I must agree with what you state, it also means users must rely on
Adobe to keep their web-based service running and users must remember their
screen-names and passwords to participate. This may not seem like much until
you're the one who runs into a SNAFU. I changed e-mail addresses and it
became a pain in the posterior.

A Usenet forum(s) would provide much less cumbersome opportunities.

[bangbang]

Also, they moderate the user forums. That's good sometimes, but it also means
they can (and do) remove posts that they don't want people to see there.

[Jay Chevako]

"Walt Atwood" >

>
> While I must agree with what you state, it also means users must rely on
> Adobe to keep their web-based service running and users must remember
their
> screen-names and passwords to participate. This may not seem like much
until
> you're the one who runs into a SNAFU. I changed e-mail addresses and it
> became a pain in the posterior.
>
> A Usenet forum(s) would provide much less cumbersome opportunities.

Once you get a name and a password from the adobe website you can point your
newsreader to adobeforums.com, (along with your name and password). Much
easier than the web based system.
Jay

[Walt Atwood]

On 12/18/02 5:13 AM, in article atphms$1dd2m$1...@ID-126969.news.dfncis.de,
"Jay Chevako" <jayxre...@chevako.net> wrote:

>
> Once you get a name and a password from the adobe website you can point your
> newsreader to adobeforums.com, (along with your name and password). Much
> easier than the web based system.
> Jay
>
>

So, in essence, you are saying that Adobe is providing its own newsgroups
already? Does this system work for Microsoft Outlook Express for the
Macintosh?

[Jay Chevako]

> So, in essence, you are saying that Adobe is providing its own newsgroups
> already? Does this system work for Microsoft Outlook Express for the
> Macintosh?
>

Yes, you can access the group through the web interface or through a
newsreader.
OE for the mac should work fine.
Jay

[Jerry Frissell]

"Walt Atwood" <walt....@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:BA2553A0.1090E%walt....@verizon.net...

It may not be on the Usenet but here is a site devoted to InDesign users:
http://www.blueworld.com/blueworld/lists/indesign.html

(and it's not owned and operated by Adobe)

G.S. Frissell
TOTALGRAPHICS
Palm Harbor, FL
gfri...@tampabay.rr.com