/ Some engines function as a sort of "white pages" directory. They collect E-Mail addresses from publicly-available sources (newsgroups, mailing lists, etc.) as well as from addresses that users submit to them. The engines list the addresses according to name, workplace, academic institutiontc. /
/ When you want to find a person's E-Mail address, open one of these engines (Four11, The Internet White Pages or LookUP), type in data on the person you're looking for, and search. /