Hello,

Did a different user create the file? If so, you’ll need to use the chown 
command. If it was the same user, you can try the chmod command.

$ chmod u+r address.csv

It’s been years since I used alpine, but does alpine want the file with a 
specific filename?

HTH

Gena

On 19 Dec 2013, at 18:56, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, all,
> 
> I got an app in the app store to convert my Mail contacts into a cSV file. I 
> then put it in my home directory. when I specify it as an alternate address 
> book in Alpine, I get an error message that permission is denied and the file 
> is unreadable. Where can I go from here?
> 
> Thanks,
> teresa
> 
> Sent using Alpine messaging system in Mac OS X Terminal
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