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Randy Eadon
AIM stands for AOL Instant Messenger. This is a service that allows users to talk with other people in real time. You usually have to have an AIM address (or one through AOL) to use the service. What is great about this real time chat is that it is faster than email, and allows a group to talk to each other with far less trouble. However, you can find that you are being harassed by someone on AIM, and that means finding out who they are through their email address.

AIM has a neat feature that allows you to go through and search for your buddies to add them to your chat list. The contacts that you have all have an email address, and you have added them to your list as those with which you want to chat. You can also search for new people with their email address. Simply add the AIM address in question to that search to see if you can get someone to show up.

You may also want to see if that AIM address is listed anywhere else online. If that address has the AOL.com ending, you can see if you can search for it through the AOL white pages. However, the problem with this is that you have to search by name. This will only help if you think you know the person but need verification. You can search the name to see if the same email address comes up if you get a hit.

You may also want to see if the address comes up if you use the search engines, or if you enter it into a free reverse email search on people sites. These might be Whois or Yahoo People Finder, just to name a few of the many out there. Most have a reverse email search that you can try. This is hit and miss, but it does work with some well established email accounts.

What can happen in most cases is that you are going to strike out with many of the above options. That does not mean that you should give up on your quest. You can find a fee-based reverse email lookup that is more likely to find what you need at a price that is most definitely agreeable within your budget no matter what.