Also worth noting are themed directories that people register with, such as linkedin.com (past co-workers) and classmates.com (former school friends) as well as individual alumni sites for the schools you attended. I located a couple of college friends through an online alumni directory run by the university I attended.
Additionally, sending out a call to friends you and this person may have had in common also helps. Considering the "six degrees of separation" theory. It's possible that someone you know has the contact info for the person you're seeking or they might know someone who does.
- Greg
Posted by: Greg Bulmash at February 22, 2006 3:55 PM
I need to find a hotmail address, i know its simply a name and i know the persons first name but can't remember how to spell the second, i would recognise it if i saw it in a list. Can such a list be found? Thanks
Posted by: Christian at December 31, 2006 10:30 PM
No. Not that I'm aware of.
Posted by: Leo Notenboom at January 1, 2007 6:32 PM
I recently found a long lost friend on Myspace, although they haven't logged into their account in quite some time. I was wondering if there was a way to find out which email address they used when logging into their Myspace account? That way I would be able to email them directly instead of trying to contact them with the Myspace account they never use.
Thanks,
Dahlia
Posted by: dahlia at May 30, 2007 1:36 AM
1. Yes, as mentioned in the article, do Google search.
Do a search in several different ways : variations of the persons last, first, middle names, state, country, etc. Today, search engines contain billions of records listed MySpace, forums, blogs, etc.
2. Here's another free people and email address search resources :
How do you obtain the hotmail member directory? I was trying to email this person and accidentally discarded my draft. All i remember is the first word of the email addy and their first name.
I'm not aware of a Hotmail member directory. It would be a resource that spammers would use to send Hotmail accounts even more spam than they get already. Regardless, even if there were one, I'd also guess most people would opt-out, or use obfuscated information.
-Leo
Posted by: cuong vo at July 30, 2008 4:33 AM
I have a hotmail email addres (xxxx@hotmail.com), how do I found out, who it belongs to?
thanks,
Yanna
You can't. (Unless you are the police with a court order.)
-Leo
Posted by: yanna at August 5, 2008 3:18 PM
Can you find out someone's e-mail address if you have their myspace URL?? The person has their account set up so that you have to know their e-mail address in order to friend request them...Is there anyway around that???
No.
17-Dec-2009
Posted by: Nicole Casiano at December 15, 2009 11:15 AM
I really need find somebody's email address which I lost 5 yaers ago.
Posted by: james at February 26, 2010 11:13 AM
In my experience, while these are all great suggestions and certainly the first step is to do some manual labor upfront, most if not all "free" searches for reverse email address lookups and people finders including finding someone's email address are either teasers or bait to get you to purchase the detailed info.
Here's my suggestion. Take the advice given here as a preliminary "catch any low hanging fruit" if it's out there and then depending on the need/desire for the information, a lot of places will provide this and a lot of other information for as little as $2.95. I'd say if an email address isn't worth $2.95, it's probably not worth spending too much time doing the free research either...unless you're bored that is.
Another point to make here is that Leo is right, email addresses are one of the hardest things to find if people don't want to be found. However, often times a paid search service (a reputable one) will be able to search data you simply can't access and so it may be worth a try.
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Also worth noting are themed directories that people register with, such as linkedin.com (past co-workers) and classmates.com (former school friends) as well as individual alumni sites for the schools you attended. I located a couple of college friends through an online alumni directory run by the university I attended.
Additionally, sending out a call to friends you and this person may have had in common also helps. Considering the "six degrees of separation" theory. It's possible that someone you know has the contact info for the person you're seeking or they might know someone who does.
- Greg
Posted by: Greg Bulmash at February 22, 2006 3:55 PMI need to find a hotmail address, i know its simply a name and i know the persons first name but can't remember how to spell the second, i would recognise it if i saw it in a list. Can such a list be found? Thanks
Posted by: Christian at December 31, 2006 10:30 PMNo. Not that I'm aware of.
Posted by: Leo Notenboom at January 1, 2007 6:32 PMI recently found a long lost friend on Myspace, although they haven't logged into their account in quite some time. I was wondering if there was a way to find out which email address they used when logging into their Myspace account? That way I would be able to email them directly instead of trying to contact them with the Myspace account they never use.
Posted by: dahlia at May 30, 2007 1:36 AMThanks,
Dahlia
1. Yes, as mentioned in the article, do Google search.
Do a search in several different ways : variations of the persons last, first, middle names, state, country, etc. Today, search engines contain billions of records listed MySpace, forums, blogs, etc.
2. Here's another free people and email address search resources :
http://www.anywho.com
http://www.people.yahoo.com
http://www.whitepages.com
Find the person with military, college or professional affiliations :
http://www.militaryconnections.com - for military personnel
http://www.facebook.com - find college students.
or by high school
Posted by: den at June 6, 2007 6:52 AMhttp://www.classmates.com
http://www.reunion.com
How do you obtain the hotmail member directory? I was trying to email this person and accidentally discarded my draft. All i remember is the first word of the email addy and their first name.
-Leo
I have a hotmail email addres (xxxx@hotmail.com), how do I found out, who it belongs to?
thanks,
Yanna
-Leo
Can you find out someone's e-mail address if you have their myspace URL?? The person has their account set up so that you have to know their e-mail address in order to friend request them...Is there anyway around that???
17-Dec-2009
Posted by: Nicole Casiano at December 15, 2009 11:15 AM
I really need find somebody's email address which I lost 5 yaers ago.
Posted by: james at February 26, 2010 11:13 AMIn my experience, while these are all great suggestions and certainly the first step is to do some manual labor upfront, most if not all "free" searches for reverse email address lookups and people finders including finding someone's email address are either teasers or bait to get you to purchase the detailed info.
Here's my suggestion. Take the advice given here as a preliminary "catch any low hanging fruit" if it's out there and then depending on the need/desire for the information, a lot of places will provide this and a lot of other information for as little as $2.95. I'd say if an email address isn't worth $2.95, it's probably not worth spending too much time doing the free research either...unless you're bored that is.
Another point to make here is that Leo is right, email addresses are one of the hardest things to find if people don't want to be found. However, often times a paid search service (a reputable one) will be able to search data you simply can't access and so it may be worth a try.
Try IntelliCorp InTouch. They provide quality personal background checks, reverse email address lookup and advanced people finder technology without the bait and switch and are very affordable. It's not fool proof, but it might just be the information you need.
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