Best methods to obtain emails

I have an email crawler, but it's slow I donno I don't really know of any URLs to put in there to really get a lot of emails. What would be the best way of getting a nice big list of emails? Like an email dump or something :vamp:

Probably phishing…although thats a bit lame if done correctly you could obtain quite a large amount.

K_I_N_G wrote: Probably phishing…although thats a bit lame if done correctly you could obtain quite a large amount.

Yeah that's really lame I wouldn't waste my time like that at all. I'm talking about the best places to use bots etc really.

I have a good place to get about 50,000 college students email addresses if you're interested.

a-hack wrote: I have a good place to get about 50,000 college students email addresses if you're interested.

Sure.

But I need a way to get just all kinds of emails from everywhere you know tho…if I could still get help with that :xx:

hmm doesn't backtrack have a script for something like this on it? it might just be for a single site though(might not take to much to change it for what you want though) or i could be mistaken altogether but it couldn't hurt to check it out if you have a copy around.

slpctrl wrote: I have an email crawler, but it's slow I donno I don't really know of any URLs to put in there to really get a lot of emails. What would be the best way of getting a nice big list of emails? Like an email dump or something :vamp:

An email crawler… which I will assume is a web crawler that is finding emails. Alright. What language are you using to code it and what method are you using to find your emails (regex, string find)? Also, how are you initially determining your targets and spidering off of them?

It might speed things up if you searched for "mailto:" instead of an email address format… unless you're looking for emails that are not contained within XHTML pages.

slpctrl wrote: I have an email crawler, but it's slow I donno I don't really know of any URLs to put in there to really get a lot of emails. What would be the best way of getting a nice big list of emails? Like an email dump or something :vamp:

I would think targeting forums would maybe be a smart move. Customize your script each time to accommodate each forum. I don't think it is much work, and it will be parsing less shit as you should be getting 1 email per a user page. Also, there is a forum for everything, so you can get emails of any type of person which you are looking for.

You could also get database dumps of hacked sites and parse that data.

SwartMumba wrote: I would think targeting forums would maybe be a smart move. Customize your script each time to accommodate each forum. I don't think it is much work, and it will be parsing less shit as you should be getting 1 email per a user page. Also, there is a forum for everything, so you can get emails of any type of person which you are looking for.

Forums are a smart target, yes… but, no individual customization needed. The format of an email is the same, even on the web. A spidering app combined with a GET variable iterator would work for all of them.

I heard about a way to brute force. I think you had to have a specific host like @yahoo.com. you can send it a packet so you do not get a false positive.

Another option would be to get a list of baby names, and assign it to email host. false positives though.

another way is to use google. Get someone else's mail list/ do searches like:

@yahoo.com @gmail.com format:txt

Sample result: http://www4.java.no/trac/kodesmia/browser/pcom/jugware-core/src/main/resources/data.xml?rev=106&format=txt

Yea for Google!! Now if you will excuse me, I'm half-starved and very sleep deprived. And I have a job interview for a shit-job tomorrow.

So what are you plannin too do with these emails anyway?

K_I_N_G wrote: So what are you plannin too do with these emails anyway?

offer viagra :) or spam 'em through the form in basic28 :D

Man ya'll gotta have better shit too do with your time…. If it isnt productive than what the hell is the point, seriously, offer Viagra? lol.

moshbat wrote: [quote]clone4 wrote: [quote]K_I_N_G wrote: So what are you plannin too do with these emails anyway?

offer viagra :) or spam 'em through the form in basic28 :D [/quote]

Did you hear about those fake Viagra pills? They were only recognised as fakes when they were checked at customs. Shouldn't they have been found out by someone going "Wait a minute… I'm sure something is supposed to happen"?[/quote]

HAHA LOL how can you not find out that you've got fake viagra :D:D It's like not finding out that in the pub you're getting water instead of vodka :D

K_I_N_G wrote: Man ya'll gotta have better shit too do with your time…. If it isnt productive than what the hell is the point, seriously, offer Viagra? lol.

you know, when you code your ass off, then work and then go to hospital to take care of someone, it's like relaxing, you have a laugh and just chill on HBH for a while and then meet some friends ;) why so serious ? ;)

Yeah I get ya (my bad for reviving an old thread but I didnt wanna come off as a dick…a little late for that but w/e haha).