Want to find someone on the Internet? These are a few tools available to help find E-mail address, organization, host, domain, phone nunmber, etc. through the Internet.
Note: There is no single good way for finding people on the internet, if one tool doesn't work, try another.
Enter your query in one of these formats: hostname or username@hostname.
Where username is the optional person's first, last, or login name and the hostname
is the host to search.
If the person being sought is at a site that is not directly connected to the Internet (e.g. the site is connected only through a mail forwarding gateway), Netfind informs the user that the person cannot be found.
Netfind uses the Internet protocols SMTP and Finger. Because of the dynamic nature of Netfind's search procedures, and variations in Internet availability, different results can be obtained for the same search on different occasions.
Enter your query in this format: name key key...
Where name is the person's first, last, or login name and the key words are
hints at the location to search (domain, organization name, ...).
If you think that your target may be on the Usenet and may have posted a message to the Usenet at some point in the past, you might be able to find his/her address in the Usenet address database on the machine RTFM.MIT.EDU.
To query the database, send an E-mail message to with "SEND USENET-ADDRESSES/name" in the body of the message. The "name" should be one or more space-separated words for which you want to search; since the search is fuzzy (i.e., all of the words you specify do not have to match), you should list all of the words you think might appear in the address, including (for example) first and last name, possible username, and possible components of the host name (e.g. "mit" for a person who you think is at MIT). The case and order of the words you list are ignored.
For more details about how to use the database, send the command "SEND USENET-ADDRESSES/HELP".
In addition to listing yourself, you can search for other online users by: First/Last Name, Location, E-mail Address, Group Connections, Domain.
Basic Email Search allows you to search for other online users by: First/Last Name, Location. The person's name must be specified; the location is optional.
In Advanced Email Search, every field may be an arbitrary regular expression. Using Advanced Searching you may also specify the specific Email top-level domain which you wish to search (e.g. "edu, "com", etc.) or which directory, either business or individual you would like to search.
IAF allows you to search for other online users by: Last Name, First Name, Organization, Domain. The person's name must be specified; the First Name, Organization, Domain are optional. You can use a wildcard('*') in any field if you are uncertain of the correct spelling. You can also search for User Information (reverse email lookup) by entering his/her Email address.
You type in some text referring to the person or organization you are interested in. All text entered must make an exact match (if one name doesn't match, try a similar spelling). Once you have typed in text pertaining to your search, click the Query Database button. For accurate results, the more information you can enter about an individual, the more likely you will find exactly the person you are looking for.
Enter your query in this format: key
Where key is the location to search (domain, organization name, ...) or a person's
name.
X.500 is used primarily for its lookup capabilities, ie, querying a database for information on a person (postal address, telephone number, E-mail address, etc.) or an organization. The basic fields for searching are the person's name, the name of the person's organization (and department within the organization) and the country.