One of the greatest things about the Internet is the advent of free email. There are dozens of sites out there today that offer this service, but if you need to look up a free email address online, such as Fastmail.fm, you may be shocked to learn that you have very few options. There are no real online email databases the equivalent to the White Pages. You might just have to go about your search in a less than direct way. Here are a few good examples of the technique you might want to employ if you are trying to Lookup a Fastmail.fm address online.
The first instinct for most people in search of an email address is to head to their favorite search engine and attempt to find either the email address or the person in hopes of getting their email address for a second time. The problem comes from the fact that most people only try one search engine. The truth is that all search engines, from Yahoo to Google to Alta Vista, all work differently and use different technology to glean information from websites. If you try a Google search and come up empty, check at least two other search engines before you throw in the towel. If one doesn't give you want you need, there is still a chance that their competition might.
If you received this email address in an email, but you have long since deleted that particular email, check your "sent mail" or "received mail" folder on your email client. If you use an email program that asks you to download messages from a server, you likely have months or even years of old emails filed away that you don't even know about. Web based email tends to save old emails for only a few weeks, but you might get lucky.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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