Name + company → verified work email
You know John Smith. You know he works at Acme Corp. You just don't have his email. outsend tests standard public patterns (j.smith@, john.smith@, john@…), checks each one against the SMTP server, and returns the address that actually works. GDPR-compliant, free alpha.
You've identified ten people you want to reach — decision-makers at target companies, recruiters at firms you're interested in, journalists covering your niche. You know their first name, last name, and employer. You're missing the one piece of information that turns those names into real outreach: their professional email address.
The email finder on outsend.xyz is the feature that automates this final step of resolving name → work email. It's a cornerstone feature in the prospecting market — Hunter, Dropcontact, Snov.io, and Apollo have built their offerings around it for years — but outsend delivers it built into its all-in-one pipeline, with no extra subscription to stack, and calibrated for European B2B patterns.
Three layers working in sequence
The tool first tests standard patterns, then reads the company's website, then checks each candidate against the SMTP server to validate. You get a real, active email — not a blind guess.
Standard public patterns
firstname.lastname@, f.lastname@, firstname@, lastnamefirstname@… The tool generates the 12–15 most common B2B patterns used in Europe, against the company's root domain and its known variants.
Company website scan
Legal notices, contact pages, article bylines, team pages — the tool crawls the company's public web presence to find real email addresses already published, which often reveal the internal pattern (confirming or ruling out the hypotheses generated in layer 1).
SMTP verification, server by server
For each candidate, outsend opens an SMTP dialogue with the receiving server and reads the response — 250 (exists), 5xx (does not exist), or catch-all (ambiguous). The result is returned with a confidence score, not a blind guess. It's the email equivalent of what an HLR lookup does to verify that a phone number is valid and in service.
Four typical use cases
Targeted outbound prospecting
You've identified 200 target companies and need the decision-maker's email (CEO, Head of Sales, Procurement Manager). Google Maps extraction gives you the company; the email finder gives you the specific contact. One-click pipeline.
Qualified cold applications
A student targeting 200 companies for an internship needs the HR manager's or department head's direct email — not the generic contact@ inbox. Our article on finding a recruiter's email without LinkedIn Premium walks through the full workflow.
Press contact lists for freelancers
A freelance journalist building a press contact list of 100 journalists needs direct email addresses. Email patterns at major publications are stable, and the tool finds them reliably.
Sourcing without LinkedIn Recruiter
An independent recruiter sourcing candidates without LinkedIn Recruiter needs professional email addresses (not LinkedIn InMail). The email finder cross-references name and current employer to surface a direct contact.
GDPR compliance: what's permitted
Work email = personal data
A named individual's work email is personal data under the GDPR, even when publicly displayed on a corporate website.
Legitimate interest recognized for B2B
European data protection authorities recognize B2B commercial prospecting to professional contacts as covered by legitimate interest, subject to conditions.
Conditions to meet
Professional subject matter, a working opt-out ("UNSUBSCRIBE" honored), no list resale, clear disclosure of data origin upon request.
The outsend email finder only retrieves professional emails — either published on company websites or resolved through public patterns. It does not target personal Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo addresses in B2C mode. The deliverability verification feature filters out inactive addresses upstream to prevent bounce issues.
The market: subscriptions at $24–149/mo
To get an email finder alone, you pay a subscription. To get scraping + email finder + deliverability, you stack 3 subscriptions. outsend bundles them.
What the email finder does not do
- No personal email addresses (Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo) — the tool targets B2B professional contexts only
- No 100% guarantee — unusual patterns or catch-all mailboxes yield partial confidence, which is explicitly reported
- No ready-to-buy lists — outsend resolves emails, it does not resell pre-built contact databases
- No mobile / phone numbers — for phone numbers, see the Google Maps scraper which extracts public phone numbers from business listings, complemented by the module that enriches your list with additional numbers published on the prospect's website
Try the email finder for free
Free alpha on application, no credit card required. European patterns + SMTP verification + pipeline integration. Access is manually approved.
Request free alpha access →Frequently asked questions
How does the email finder locate an address?
The tool combines three sources: (1) generating standard public patterns like firstname.lastname@domain, (2) scanning the company's website for published addresses, (3) SMTP verification server by server to confirm which ones actually exist. Results are returned with a confidence score.
Is the email finder GDPR-compliant?
Yes, for B2B use. European data protection authorities recognize B2B prospecting as covered by legitimate interest under specific conditions (professional subject matter, working opt-out, transparency about data origin). outsend exclusively targets professional work emails — not personal addresses.
What's the difference between an email finder and an email verifier?
An email finder locates an email from a name and company. An email verifier (our deliverability verification feature) confirms that an existing email will land in the inbox. Both are chained together in the outsend pipeline.
What success rate should I expect?
For B2B targets with companies of 5+ employees and an active website, ~70–85% of searches return a valid address with high confidence. For very small businesses (1–3 people) or companies with catch-all SMTP, confidence drops — and that is explicitly reported.
Can the email finder be chained with other steps?
Yes — that's the heart of the outsend pipeline. Typical workflow: Google Maps scraping → email finder resolution → deliverability check → staggered sending. All within the same product, no export/re-import across 3 separate tools.
What happens to found emails if a contact changes jobs?
The email finder resolves the email at the time you run the search. If the person moves to a different company later, the address becomes stale — that's the case with every email finder on the market. For long-term databases, run a periodic re-search on your key contacts. Worth noting: phone numbers tend to age better than emails on this front, since number portability lets someone keep their number when switching providers, whereas a professional email dies with the role.