That is correct. If you put a .addressbook (note the period in front) in your home directory, as long as the information is in the correct format, when you open Alpine the addresses should be imported.
-- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen Lord. On Dec 19, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Georgina Joyce <g...@gena-j.me.uk> wrote: > Hello, > > It appears you shouldn’t need to do anything other than name the file > “.addressbook” i.e. start with a period and all in lower case call it address > book. > > By giving a filename a period sets the appropriate permissions. > > HTH > > BTW: How does VO work using alpine? > > Gena > On 19 Dec 2013, at 21:02, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, Gina. I'll try that. Yes, the online help says that a specific local >> file name is required in the "folder" field if using a local file. I've also >> tried pasting the contents of the address book in an email message and using >> Alpine's 'take" command. However, I had to set it up as a distribution list >> to get all the addresses to be accepted. This doesn't seem right. >> >> On a slightly unrelated note, I see "Applevis list' in the "to" field of >> this message. Is this my glitch or someone else's? :) >> >> Teresa >> >> Sent using Alpine messaging system in Mac OS X Terminal >> >> On Thu, 19 Dec 2013, Georgina Joyce wrote: >> >>> 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 >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
