How Do I Search For a Hotmail Email Address?

When you think about how often people change email addresses, whether it be for spam reasons or because they simply want a new address, you would think one of the major email providers out there would step up to the plate and provide an Internet-wide directory of email addresses, or, at the very least, an accessible directory of their own email addresses. Until that day comes, you are going to have to be a bit creative in your searches for Hotmail email addresses.

Since Hotmail is one of the first web based email providers, there is a chance that the email address you are searching for has been in use for a long time. If you know the person's name or their phone number, you can do a reverse phone lookup to see if there is an email address connected to the name you find. This only happens in cases where a person has had an email address for years, so if you know that this Hotmail address is new, you are going to have to keep looking.

There is a good chance that the email address you are looking for is out on the Internet, you simply have to come up with the right search engine query to find it. If you know part of the address, you can search for different permutations using Google or another search engine of your choice. You can even type in combinations that include the person's first name, last name or where they live. It is easy to get discouraged if your first few searches don't come up right away, but the key is to keep trying and you may stumble upon what you are looking for.

The quickest way to search for a Hotmail email address is to use a reverse email lookup service. Even though Hotmail was a free, web based email pioneer, they have yet to become the first email provider to allow for instant, no hassle searches of all of their email addresses. So when you need real results, your best bet will be to turn to a reverse email search provider online.

Lindsay has been writing about web applications for 4 years and is tracking the latest trends in web development. You can check out her latest project at http://www.reverseemaildetective.com