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

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In article <d70s0mFk9ssU1@mid.individual.net>, Sam Thatch
<st342@gmail.com> wrote:
> "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. 

In a *real* emergency, you'd be phoning the police, ambulance, and/or
fire services (assuming the phone service is still working), not some
bunch of numb nuts on a local neighbourhood phone list.  :-)

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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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