E-mail search
November 5, 2006 2:06 PM Subscribe
Is there a FREE e-mail search website?
Google desktop?
posted by JohnnyGunn at 2:33 PM on November 5, 2006
posted by JohnnyGunn at 2:33 PM on November 5, 2006
I think petersn1 might mean websites where you search for somebody's email address based on their name.
posted by dmd at 2:56 PM on November 5, 2006
posted by dmd at 2:56 PM on November 5, 2006
Response by poster: yes. Searching by name. I tried WhoWhere no search for email address. It did however, like so many sites send me to another window that offered to give me "more" info on the person for a fee. :(
posted by petersn1 at 3:16 PM on November 5, 2006
posted by petersn1 at 3:16 PM on November 5, 2006
Ok. I tried looking for a free address lookup site, and also came up empty. Would something like ZabaSearch (free phone number, address, etc) help?
posted by niles at 3:26 PM on November 5, 2006
posted by niles at 3:26 PM on November 5, 2006
Response by poster: zabasearch does the same thing. It seems they all want money for email info. I know it hasn't always been this way. Ugh. What is the web coming to? Thanks for helping!
posted by petersn1 at 3:37 PM on November 5, 2006
posted by petersn1 at 3:37 PM on November 5, 2006
I'd suggest trying to find a site with large or targeted audiences, name search and a private/aliased messaging system, such as Classmates, MySpace or school alumni sites.
The sad reality is that any regular email address that you'll find through Zaba/WhoWhere/Google-style directory searches will be just as vulnerable to the same searches as spammers -- thus, even if you find a match, the odds are decent that it's already spammed out and unused.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:52 PM on November 5, 2006
The sad reality is that any regular email address that you'll find through Zaba/WhoWhere/Google-style directory searches will be just as vulnerable to the same searches as spammers -- thus, even if you find a match, the odds are decent that it's already spammed out and unused.
posted by VulcanMike at 3:52 PM on November 5, 2006
Maybe you should rethink your question. What is it you actually are looking for? An email search site is not an end in itself (unless you're a spammer!)
Are you looking for a particular person's email address? If so, assuming you have at least some information about the person besides their name, there are probably better ways to track them down.
posted by dmd at 7:01 PM on November 5, 2006
Are you looking for a particular person's email address? If so, assuming you have at least some information about the person besides their name, there are probably better ways to track them down.
posted by dmd at 7:01 PM on November 5, 2006
There are no high-coverage general purpose email address search sites except from creative web searching with google or a searchengine of your choice. How best to find a specific address all depends on what you know about the person in question (or to put it another way, "what dmd said").
posted by fvw at 7:20 PM on November 5, 2006
posted by fvw at 7:20 PM on November 5, 2006
b) Search everyone else's email? Sure, ask Dept. of Homeland Security.
That would be Justice or Defense. Jeez guys, at least if you are going to be afraid, be afraid of the right people. Besides the fact that anything operated by the fed is far from free, what does DHS want with an email veiwer, to see how they can less serve you in an emergency?
Maybe its Health and Human Serrrrrvices (scary voice), boogity boo!
posted by Pollomacho at 8:46 PM on November 5, 2006
That would be Justice or Defense. Jeez guys, at least if you are going to be afraid, be afraid of the right people. Besides the fact that anything operated by the fed is far from free, what does DHS want with an email veiwer, to see how they can less serve you in an emergency?
Maybe its Health and Human Serrrrrvices (scary voice), boogity boo!
posted by Pollomacho at 8:46 PM on November 5, 2006
This thread is closed to new comments.
a) Search your own email? Yes, try your email client.
b) Search everyone else's email? Sure, ask Dept. of Homeland Security.
c) Search everyone else's email in newsgroups? Google Groups.
d) None of the above? Then please expound (you might be asking about finding email addresses, in which case WhoWhere might help.)
posted by niles at 2:31 PM on November 5, 2006