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need to find someones email address

Asked by: silentneko

hey guys, I'm in a bind, I need to contact someone who I can only speak with via email. I lost her address, she was on aol then switched to some free email service I never hreard of a year ago and now I can't find her or it. its not a mainstream service and nothing I do seems to find her. I've tried every search engine I can find but to no avail. the first part of her email stayed the same she just switched services. what I need is a way to locate that email address, it would be nice if it was free to. please help, thanks, the points will be awarded to the first person with a working solution.

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Answers

 

by: davecorunPosted on 2002-12-24 at 14:45:10ID: 7630028

Try google.com ;)

 

by: silentnekoPosted on 2002-12-24 at 20:39:05ID: 7630464

I tried google.com with no luck, any other suggestions?

 

by: emerald_2011Posted on 2002-12-24 at 22:20:18ID: 7630617

Look in Yahoo or hotmail address search!

 

by: silentnekoPosted on 2002-12-25 at 05:11:19ID: 7630923

I already did, the problem is she doesn't belong to any service like that, she joined one of those local internet services that has like 1000 customers. and it had a wierd name. every mainstream service has already been searched I need like a detective program like what the feds use to just search the whole net and find any reference material.

 

by: OnlineGuitaristPosted on 2002-12-25 at 22:21:28ID: 7632150

give us the name of the old email address, and i'll find it for you.

 

by: silentnekoPosted on 2002-12-26 at 05:50:17ID: 7632476

the old email address was rjmctavish@aol.com, I know the rjmctavish part is still correct

 

by: patrickabPosted on 2002-12-28 at 10:16:35ID: 7639752

If all else fails why not try directory enquiries and get his/her telephone number?

Alternatively and much more expensively you could try:

www.192.com

Trouble is I don't know what part of the world you are so 192.com may be totally inappropriate.

Good luck

 

by: salmonzPosted on 2002-12-29 at 00:22:59ID: 7641334

 

by: trinetyPosted on 2002-12-31 at 03:37:53ID: 7649608

in addition to  salmonz's answer, wich is the best answer,
he said try mail.at ... and try mail.com too ...
mail.com.

best regards and best wishes ..
trinety

 

by: silentnekoPosted on 2003-01-01 at 16:25:03ID: 7652825

I tried everything, and still nothing, I think I'm just screwed

 

by: AenoxPosted on 2003-01-03 at 01:07:31ID: 7661018

Download a list of hosts (only a few thousand) and e-mail all of them (starting with rjmctavish) and hopefully she'll reply.

 

by: MurdererPosted on 2003-01-03 at 04:57:22ID: 7661743

Give Up! Nobody is worth too much trouble!

 

by: sh0ePosted on 2003-01-05 at 11:17:14ID: 7672718

this is starting to sound creepy.. :D

psycho stalker

 

by: silentnekoPosted on 2003-01-06 at 16:53:53ID: 7678941

not a stalker, just trying to find someone before a particular time frame runs out, but like I said I'm screwed

 

by: itonju01Posted on 2003-01-09 at 10:54:44ID: 7696055

Better yet, purchase email address lists from a spam house and find any instances of rjmctavish.

 

by: matrixcubedPosted on 2003-01-12 at 03:10:15ID: 7711200

Do you know what town she lives in? Perhaps the town has a yellowpages website in which you could look up ISPs, and try sending email to different domain names. (i.e. her-user-name@isp1.com, her-user-name@isp2.com)

Good luck, I hope you are able to get in contact with her.

 

by: dalenoelPosted on 2003-01-13 at 04:34:40ID: 7716706

If you go to

http://www.addresses.com/email_verify.php

and add that email address "rjmctavish@aol.com" you will find the email address is valid.

If she doesn't answer then there is a different problem.

 

by: silentnekoPosted on 2003-01-13 at 12:50:38ID: 7720228

I've tried emailing her at that it always comes back becuase she no longer has an email address

 

by: MarkStewardPosted on 2003-01-14 at 19:32:57ID: 7729710

It's usually quite simple to obtain people's email addresses - is her work involved with the Internet?  Does she have an office address?  What area is she in?  Is first name too much to ask?

 

by: silentnekoPosted on 2003-01-15 at 06:52:26ID: 7732917

her work is not internet based, I don't know her office address or what exact area she is in, at this time I've decided to give up, thanks to whoever tried

 

by: MarkStewardPosted on 2003-01-15 at 16:07:12ID: 7736882

Still, you might wanna check the R. J. McTavishes in her ariea for phone numbers, etc...

 

by: Teaman27Posted on 2003-01-16 at 12:33:55ID: 7743646

Try this link.  I found about 43 records of that name and you can narrow it down if you know her age and what state she lived in.

Good Luck.

http://www.whowhere.lycos.com/

 

by: danyjrPosted on 2003-01-22 at 09:32:13ID: 7783927

Try using a software that has the option to search e-mails in some directorys at the same time. It's name is Copernic 2001. It's a really good program, you can download a trial from tucows.com or download.com or just look for it in Kazaa or in Google.com for the official site. Maiby you can find it in one of the other searchers.

 

by: kenesoPosted on 2003-02-12 at 05:59:09ID: 7933574

ever thought she changed not to get emails from you?
are you screwed or you wanna be?

hey I am just joking, hope you don't mind ;)

 

by: naschPosted on 2003-04-17 at 09:33:47ID: 8349353

rjmctavish@wideopenwest.com try that email address

 

by: MarkStewardPosted on 2003-04-17 at 11:20:42ID: 8349944

(That's R. J. McTavish in Michigan)

 

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