Lost Track of Your Email? Here’s How You Can Find It
What’s my email? The steps you take to find out what email address people see when you email them depend on the service or email program you use. Below are general instructions as well as specific instructions forpopular email providers .
General Instructions for Finding Your Email Address
The easiest way to identify your email address in almost any desktop program or online email client is to start writing a new message. Here’s how:
Start a new email message. This usually works by selecting a Compose, New, or Write button.
Look for a line that begins withFrom . It contains your email address.
If you have more than one email address configured for sending, they usually show up as menu choices in theFrom line when you compose an email. All the email addresses listed are yours. You can use any of them.
Need to find your old email address? Somepeople finder tools can dig up that information.
Use an Echo Service to See Your Email Address
An echo service is another way to see what email address you’re using. This method is typically used totest whether your email is working properly , but as an added bonus, part of the response you receive includes your email address. Here’s how this works:
Compose a new email and enter**echo@univie.ac.at ** in theTo field. No subject line or message is necessary.
SelectSend .
Wait for the automated response. The recipient line saysEcho and the subject line saysAutomatic Response from echo@univie.ac.at .
Open the email and scroll down a bit until you see theReceived section. In there is a line like this that shows your email address: (envelope-from <[email protected]>)
Other methods can be used to find your email but they vary depending on the service you use.
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