Well it turns out that it checks for a field delimeter so after I put the completely unnecessary tab after each line it now works. Quoting Robert Nicholson <robert at elastica.com>: > So lets say you want to create a bunch of address book entries that > only have email addresses. > > Why can't I use the following format in address book > > Email > email at address.com > email2 at address2.com > > etc > etc > > What is Address Book doing when it validates the file? Is the file > required to have at least one , or tab delimeter? If so why? Help > isn't too clear about what the format should look like. > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.