>Another thought for the future Larry, I have had cases where Export did
>the job.
>
>export oe address book thunderbird
>http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=export+oe+address+book+thunderbird&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
Thanks for that, too. I'm going to get a copy of the corrupted address
book file and try some of the suggestions with it and OE on my system,
with the filename changed appropriately, of course. I'll report back
what worked, in due course.