# Finding email addresses

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-email-addresses/536754>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 20, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-email-addresses/536754 "2010-04-20T15:58:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-email-addresses/536754/1 "2010-04-20T15:58:07Z")

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I am trying to email a radio show I listen to, but when I click the email box, the hotmail windows live window opens and that is as far as I get.

How do I get it to open in aol or yahoo?

Or better yet, is there an online directory for email addresses?

Thank You in advance!

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-email-addresses/536754/2 "2010-04-20T16:10:06Z")

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Can you right click on the link and select “copy email address”?

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-email-addresses/536754/3 "2010-04-20T16:26:20Z")

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You can choose which program to use as your default email program from your browser tools/options. Otherwise, as kayaker says, copy and paste the email address into your preferred email program.

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**Author:** ![koufax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@koufax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koufax)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-email-addresses/536754/4 "2010-04-20T16:32:00Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> Can you right click on the link and select “copy email address”?

Yes, I switched the program to outlook and then was able to copy and paste it into yahoo.

Thanks!