# Finding posters' profiles, emails, etc. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 4, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-posters-profiles-emails-etc/74901 "2001-08-04T15:01:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-posters-profiles-emails-etc/74901/1 "2001-08-04T15:01:58Z")
This morning, I had occasion to email another SDMB poster. If it had been to respond to a particular post, that would have been easy: I’d have clicked on the mailbox icon, and the email addy would’ve popped up. But in fact, I wasn’t even on my computer at the time, so I sat down and logged on in order to find the poster’s email. The only way I could think of was pretty roundabout: (1) do a search for posts by that poster, then (2) click on the mailbox icon. My question: is there a more direct way to get to posters’ emails and profiles, if one isn’t immediately looking at a post by that poster? If that’s the best way there is, then so be it, but if there’s somewhere I’ve missed where we can type in a username and have the profile pop up, I’d appreciate being pointed in the right direction. ---
**Author:** ![mblackwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5fc32e/32.png) [@mblackwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mblackwell)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2001, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-posters-profiles-emails-etc/74901/2 "2001-08-04T15:47:47Z")
Yep, ther’s a quiker way. Paste this in your address bar: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=mblackwell](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=mblackwell) Just change my username to the one you want. You could bookmark all of it except the username and tack one on each time you use it. ---
**Author:** ![BarnStormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@BarnStormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnStormer)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-posters-profiles-emails-etc/74901/3 "2001-08-05T02:18:19Z")
If the username has a space in it, you can try the above link with the space. Most newer browser versions will insert %20 for you. If you have an older browser, you might have to do it yourself like this: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=C%20K%20Dexter%20Haven](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=C%20K%20Dexter%20Haven) You can also use the account # if you want to do things like look for the earliest active posters. Just change the last number on this link: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=19](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=19) (User ID’s can be found by hovering over the buttons under a post, or the words User Options on a profile.) ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-posters-profiles-emails-etc/74901/4 "2001-08-05T03:29:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mblackwell \* > \*\*Yep, ther’s a quiker way. > > Paste this in your address bar: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=mblackwell](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=getinfo&username=mblackwell) > > Just change my username to the one you want. You could bookmark all of it except the username and tack one on each time you use it. \*\* You know, **mblackwell** , I use that exact technique. You see, every afternoon at exactly 4:30 CST, I check the total number of posters on the main page (X[sub]Day N[/sub]) against the total from the previous day(X[sub]Day N-1[/sub]). Then I spend the rest of the evening tracking down all of the new posters that signed up that day ( X[sub]Day N-1[/sub] - X[sub]Day N[/sub]). Once I have an up-to-date (retroactive to 16:00 CST, that is) list of all posters, I bookmark each profile page, using the method you describe. That way, whenever I wander through my house, looking at the photographs of all registered posters I’ve tracked down, printed out, blown up to large size and papered my walls with, if someone catches my eye, I can jump right to their profile page! [sub]Did I scare you?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2001, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-posters-profiles-emails-etc/74901/5 "2001-08-05T05:28:02Z")
**sdimbert** : yeah, I noticed, but my, uh, reconnaissance shows that the particular picture of me you have up in your living room is an unflattering one. Can I send you a more up-to-date photo? 🙂