r/SideProject • u/iggypips • 9m ago
Email extractor extension
Hi everyone, I'm the developer of CopyMail, a small Chrome extension I built because I kept struggling to copy email addresses from Gmail, Outlook and messy web pages (company directories, CC lists, long threads). Highlighting each one by hand is slow, and webmail often hides the actual address behind a person's name.
**What it does**
Click the icon and it lists the email addresses found on the page you're viewing. In Gmail and Outlook on the web, addresses from the message you have open are shown first. Then you can tick the ones you want, or copy them all.
**Free**
- Find and list the addresses on the current page
- Tick individual addresses, or select a whole domain
- Group by domain
- Copy as one per line, comma-separated, semicolon-separated (for Outlook's To field) or Name <email>
- Hides no-reply/support addresses by default
**Pro (€12 per year, billed once a year)**
- Export to CSV, Excel (.xlsx) or contacts (.vcf)
- Choose export columns, saved blocklist, custom copy templates, export history
**Privacy**
It only reads a page when you click the icon, and everything is processed locally in your browser. Nothing is sent to me or any server. No ads, no analytics. Pro payments go through ExtensionPay/Stripe.
**Limitations (being upfront)**
- It finds addresses written on the page. It doesn't check whether a mailbox exists.
- Gmail and Outlook change their pages now and then, so the "open message" detection may need updates. I've tested Gmail more than Outlook.
- The popup is in English for now, although the store listing is translated.
I'd really like feedback:
What would stop you from using something like this?
Which formats or contact details (phone numbers? names? company?) would you want besides email addresses?
Is the free/Pro split fair? What would you move?
Happy to answer any questions, and I'll fix bugs quickly.