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Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes?

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"Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote in message 
news:290920151814332325%YourName@YourISP.com...
> In article <muck8a$1g9$1@dont-email.me>, Big Al <Big_al@invalid.com>
> wrote:
>> Mitch Kaufmann wrote on 9/28/2015 6:19 PM:
>> >
>> > I have an emergency telephone list that is in Excel spreadsheet
>> > format containing names, phone numbers, addresses, and email.
>> >
>> > What's the best way to email this out to the neighborhood email
>> > alias with a file attachment that anyone on any common phone
>> > (both Android & iOS at the very least) can upload into their
>> > contact book.
>> >
>> > I'm "assuming" that csv format is the best, but how do I know
>> > which order they put the headers?
>> >
>> > I'm thinking this order for the fields:
>> > 1. First name (comma)
>> > 2. Last name (comma)
>> > 3. Mobile phone <blank if unavailable, comma>
>> > 4. Email address (comma)
>> > 5. Home phone <comma, blank if unavailable, comma>
>> > 6. Address (blank if unavailable, no comma)
>> >
>> > If the best email attachment format is csv, what does the
>> > recipient have to do on Android and iOS that I should
>> > suggest to load the attachment into their contact list?
>> >
>> > Is there a specific app that I should suggest that handles
>> > csv on both Android & iOS that loads into the main contact
>> > list?
>>
>> Do you have them already in Google Contacts????
>>
>> The 'contacts' app on my android phone has an export function and it 
>> exports
>> to my sd card as a VCF file.   VCF is quite
>> popular with MS Outlook, and android 'contacts' app will also import that 
>> vcf
>> file.
>>
>> I don't use or have access to anything apple to verify this on iOS.
>
> Do these other people really want these "emergency contacts" cluttering
> up their personal address books??
>
> It might be better to simply send it as a PDF or plain text file that
> they can store anywhere and on any device and access if / when actually
> needed.

I wouldn't do it that way myself. You really need to have that sort
of number where you would normally look first for that sort of
thing, not have to remember what you did with the separate
list of emergency contacts when the shit has just hit the fan and
the mega wildfire is bearing down on you at a rate of knots or
some arsehole is rampaging around shooting everyone in sight. 

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Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Mitch Kaufmann <mitch284@outlook.com> - 2015-09-28 18:19 -0400
  Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-09-28 18:22 -0400
    Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 10:15 +1000
  Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Big Al <Big_al@invalid.com> - 2015-09-28 20:01 -0400
    Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Mitch Kaufmann <mitch284@outlook.com> - 2015-09-28 20:58 -0400
    Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-29 18:14 +1200
      Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 11:45 -0700
        Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-29 19:52 +0000
          Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 11:20 +1000
          Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 00:11 -0700
            Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-30 18:48 +0000
              Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 11:04 -0700
      Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2015-09-29 19:45 +0000
      Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? "Sam Thatch" <st342@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 11:15 +1000
        Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-09-30 18:11 +1200
          Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? "Sam Thatch" <st342@gmail.com> - 2015-10-01 08:01 +1000
    Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 10:56 +1000
  Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-29 10:15 +1000
    Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Mitch Kaufmann <mitch284@outlook.com> - 2015-09-28 21:11 -0400
      Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-09-29 04:10 +0000
      Re: Best emergency email attachment to Android & iOS homes? "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-09-30 11:10 +1000

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