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Step 1
Use search engines and enter the person's name of the email address you are trying to find. People use their email for so many things online you may get lucky using this to find someones email address. Using several different search engines will give you more results.
Try searching for their name with and without parenthesis. An example would be to search Jon Doe and "Jon Doe". Using the parenthesis will give you more results for the exact name. In addition you can try adding the word email to your search query, such as "Jon Doe email". This is the easiest way to find someones email address but does not always work. -
Step 2
Look for websites and online tools geared toward finding people or doing reverse searches. To find these types of websites, you may want to search for "email finder", "people search", "reverse lookup online" etc. Follow the instruction for the sites you choose to use. Some require registration. Several web sites offer these services for free, while others charge a fee. Use the sites you are most comfortable with.
Many of these types of websites only give partial results. For example you may search for Jon Doe and get a result such as jdoe@*****.com. If this is the case, use the part of the email address that was revealed to you and enter it into a search engine. For this example you would search for "jdoe@". This may be enough information to find someones email address. -
Step 3
Check with popular email providers. Many offer a search function you can use to search for a person by their name. Some examples of email providers are Yahoo, AOL, Hotmail, etc.
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Step 4
Try using social networking websites as another way to find someones email addresses. Do a search on these sites, if possible, using the person's name to see if you can come up with their email or locate them. Many users of these types of websites post information on their profile pages such as their email address.
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Step 5
Get creative. Use any other information you have on the person who's email address you are trying to locate. For example, if you know what company they work for you could look on the company's website to see if there is a way to search for the person by name, which may produce a company email address for that person. Schools the person attended or organizations they belong to are other good places to check. These types of sources may have online directories you can use to find someones email address.
Comments
miasavc said
on 2/11/2009 I haven't thought about these. I'll give this a shot. Thanks for sharing!