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Email finder accuracy tested with Claude Code, finds 64% of addresses current

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A bulk email finder tool was tested using Claude Code and Apify Actor to determine the currency of email addresses associated with professional profiles. The tool processed 200 profile URLs, identifying 64 that were still current. The analysis revealed that approximately half of the work email addresses found in B2B records belonged to previous employers, highlighting a significant issue with email finders that do not label the addresses by employer tenure. AI

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Email finder accuracy tested with Claude Code, finds 64% of addresses current

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  1. dev.to — MCP tag TIER_1 Română(RO) · Kevin Hall ·

    Bulk email finder in Claude Code: 200 profile URLs, 64 still current

    <p>Everyone in sales has this file. A column of profile URLs from an event list, an old export or the CRM, and an empty column next to it where the email should go.</p> <p>Any email finder will fill that column. What none of them tells you is whether the person still reads that m…

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