Try different search engines so that you can increase the likelihood of finding a match. You can search using Google.com, MSN.com, Yahoo.com or Ask.com. Some pages that are indexed by certain search engines may not be indexed by others so it's always a good idea to try your search at various search engines.
If you still can't find anything, try searching only for the first part of the email address. Some websites hide part of the email address to prevent spam bots from harvesting email addresses posted on their sites. So instead of searching for "john2323@jon..com", you'd search only for john2323@ or john2323.
Use The Email Provider's Websites For Email Address Look Up.
Some email providers allow users to create profiles. If the email address belongs to one of these providers, you can go to their website and try to find some information about the owner of the email address you're researching. For example, Yahoo allows their user's to participate in Yahoo groups and post their profile for other members to see. Most people will normally keep the first part of their Yahoo email as their Yahoo ID. So you can research this ID and see if you can find a profile on other Yahoo websites. Other email providers such as AOL and Hotmail (MSN) use a similar system of ID's/Usernames/Screen names and profiles.
These methods can be time consuming particularly if you can't find an email address posted on a website. If the email provider has no system of profiles, you may not be able to use the second method either. An alternative method would be to use a reverse lookup directory. These contain millions of public records that you can access online. All you need to do is enter the email address in the search box provided and the system searches the directory database for a match. When a match is found the information is displayed for you to see. The information usually includes the name and address of the email owner. There are lots of reverse lookup directories online and you can find them by doing a search on any major search engine.
According to the latest stats I have seen, spam (unsolicited bulk email - UBE) is growing at an alarming rate of 1.2% per day. That means that the amount of spam delivered today was 1.2% more than yesterday and tomorrow it will increase again. I wish I could say that about my savings account. Nevertheless, there are some things you can do to protect your email address from spammers.
If you are sure about the operation and composition of email addresses, you are therefore ready and better placed in the aspect of finding email addresses of your friends or coworkers. It is important to know about the username, normally referred to as ID and the domain usually estranged by @. You must understand that domains can help you uniquely identify any organization that has email addresses as easy as possible.
A lot of people are always frustrated when they fail to locate emails addresses of their friends simply because there is no straightforward way they use. Lack of a master or general list of email accounts across the world makes email address search an uphill task for most of them. So that a master list or record of email addresses exist in the directory, those companies offering email service must ensure they remit all the information details to a central master file. It may not look easy either for email service providers; they will be expected to seek the service of a recognized body or organization to operate this service.
Even if an international company or organization is established to offer this service, the problem of finding email addresses will be over; you will be required to go an extra mile and try one of the following techniques;
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