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Windows Compiling a list of every possible variant of an email address

Discussion in 'Tech Support' started by S1W1, 1 Oct 2012.

  1. S1W1

    S1W1 Minimodder

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    Hello peeps,

    I need to send an urgent email to someone- yet I don't know their full email address.
    Email addresses in this company go like this- initial initial surname @ website.co.uk

    For example John Maynard Keynes would be JMKeynes@etc.com

    I can't look them up in contacts or anything like that.

    Anyway I know their surname and I know the domain but I don't know the initials and I have no way of finding out the initials.

    One option is to address the email to every possible set of initials, e.g. aa, ab, ac...Smith@etc.com... and on and on.

    Can anyone think of a way I could quickly couple every possible set of initials with the known surname and domain, seperating each with commas? Clearly doing it manually isn't an option. Perhas basic programming could do this, yet alas I know no programming.

    The result would be like this:
    aaSmith@web.com , absmith@web.com , acsmith@web.com...


    I'm using gmail, although I could use another if that helps.

    I realize this is a very obscure question so many, many thanks,
    SW
     
    Last edited: 1 Oct 2012
  2. towelie

    towelie How do I Internet!!

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    This sounds like spam have you tried checking z website for contact information might be worth just ringing reception or so and ask for the name seeing as you already know there last name.

    Other than that i cannot think or an easy way to find out without spaming all their mailboxes, likely to A:Get your email address block by their anti-spam service or B:annoy them.

    Edit: Linkedin.com could be usefull to you.
     
  3. S1W1

    S1W1 Minimodder

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    I think I may have found the answer using this random string generator.

    There is only one person with this surname at this institute, surely only the one email with the correct permeatation of initials will actually go through to an inbox?
    I don't want to spam...
     
  4. towelie

    towelie How do I Internet!!

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    Correct you will just get a bounce back from email address that don't exist.

    How are you going to generate the emails as there a massive combination of address's to try.
     
  5. S1W1

    S1W1 Minimodder

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    I know the @address.co.uk part of the email (it's a corporate address) and I know the surname.
    Done :D

    I must admit the random string generator I used didn't seem to do unique permutations, so to make up for this fact I asked for 1000 random strings rather than the necessary 650. A bit hit and miss I know, but hopefully I've got it.

    Take for example ##Smith@website.co.uk (I made that name and address up for obvious purposes), then the possible list is (shortened, because it wouldn't all fit in the 20,000 character limit):

    Code:
    nxSmith@website.co.uk, bqSmith@website.co.uk, xzSmith@website.co.uk, woSmith@website.co.uk, nsSmith@website.co.uk, nmSmith@website.co.uk, itSmith@website.co.uk, ldSmith@website.co.uk, doSmith@website.co.uk, gySmith@website.co.uk, iqSmith@website.co.uk, gxSmith@website.co.uk, deSmith@website.co.uk, mjSmith@website.co.uk, yySmith@website.co.uk, ngSmith@website.co.uk, mxSmith@website.co.uk, nvSmith@website.co.uk, zhSmith@website.co.uk, siSmith@website.co.uk, dhSmith@website.co.uk, tySmith@website.co.uk, vkSmith@website.co.uk, quSmith@website.co.uk, djSmith@website.co.uk, tjSmith@website.co.uk, tiSmith@website.co.uk, esSmith@website.co.uk, luSmith@website.co.uk, mhSmith@website.co.uk, kcSmith@website.co.uk, stSmith@website.co.uk, edSmith@website.co.uk, kkSmith@website.co.uk, xpSmith@website.co.uk, qxSmith@website.co.uk, fpSmith@website.co.uk, efSmith@website.co.uk, xsSmith@website.co.uk, qxSmith@website.co.uk, xvSmith@website.co.uk, wzSmith@website.co.uk, jnSmith@website.co.uk, 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  6. dancingbear84

    dancingbear84 error 404

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    Excel or google docs sheet
    A1 input 1, A2 input 2

    B1 input
    =SUBSTITUTE(ADDRESS(1, ROW(), 4), "1", "")

    Fill down
    Voila

    EDIT
    As mentioned earlier this is likely to get picked up by spam filtering if the spam filter sits externally before the mail server, sending 676 identical e-mails to EVERY possible address smells like spam.
     
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  7. Guinevere

    Guinevere Mega Mom

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    Sounds like a sure fire way to get your email address flagged up as a source of spam. Depending on their spam filter options they could well have a setting that spots you are spamming them (As you are!) and prevents ALL of the emails going through, including the 1 email you're trying to send and the others that may hit other real addresses. This could be a permanent ban and thus preventing you from ever emailing anyone in the company again.

    If you don't know their name, and can't just phone them then I seriously question whether this email is A) the best method to use or B) As urgent as you feel it is.

    I can't think of a scenario where spamming hundreds of random email addressees would be the best approach to take.

    Maybe if you provided more info on the 'why' you might get some alternative suggestions more likely to have the result you're looking for.
     
  8. Carrie

    Carrie Multimodder

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    You're also presupposing that their email address consists of X(X)Lastname@... You might suppose that's the convention and for many it might be not necessarily all are.

    You'd be amazed how often I come across variants that do not conform to that convention, even within the same company. They could be FirstnameLastname@ or Firstname.Lastname@ or X.Lastname@ or XLastname@ or ...LastnameN(as in number)@ ... or any number of other configurations.

    Edit: A thought about a different approach. Are they possibly on LinkedIn? If so, why not try to get in touch that way?
     
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  9. RichCreedy

    RichCreedy Hey What Who

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    you might end up being blacklisted if you try sending emails to so many varients of an email address, probably better to look for them elsewhere, or phone the company concerned
     
  10. dynamis_dk

    dynamis_dk Grr... Grumpy!!

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    dancingbear84 - Nice Excel hint there. I'll remember you next time I'm stuck with Excel :)

    S1W1 - Although curiosity grabbed me to take a look at this thread, I'm still wondering why like mentioned above for an urgent message you wouldn't just call them up and ask (presuming this urgent message isn't to inform them you're holding family members hostage or anything - then I could maybe see why you wouldn't call)
     
  11. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    Failing being able to call, send your message onto mail@etc.com flagged as urgent with a brief message on top for a sysadmin/email monkey to pass on.
     
  12. S1W1

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    Thanks for the help people (especially Dancingbear- that Excel tip is useful), not wanting to be flagged as a spammer I decided to use the old fashioned method, so I drove to their offices and posted my document through the door. Deadline met.

    Thanks for your time.
     

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