Finding Information on the Internet

5. Finding Email Addresses

There are no centralised public sources to help you track down addresses, at home or abroad.

5.1 Using the web to find an individual's email address can present problems.

• Email directories include Yahoo! People Search and WhoWhere?. But they are far from comprehensive and generally have more American addresses than UK ones.
• Try MESA, a little-known German site. This searches leading US directories and several European ones at the same time.

5.2 Finding company email addresses is usually much easier, as most businesses naturally want to be found and contacted.

• The best British source is probably Yell, the Yellow Pages website.