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

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Mitch Kaufmann <mitch284@outlook.com> wrote

> 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.

There isn't any easy way to do that.

> I'm "assuming" that csv format is the best,

It isn't necessarily.

> but how do I know which order they put the headers?

The problem isn't actually about the order.

> 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,

It isn't.

> what does the recipient have to do on Android and iOS that
> I should suggest to load the attachment into their contact list?

That's the problem with csv.

> Is there a specific app that I should suggest that handles csv on
> both Android & iOS that loads into the main contact list?

Nope.

Even the vCard format doesn’t have anything great in that respect either. 

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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
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