🐺 Iron Emails Hunter

Complete User Guide & Documentation

⚡ What is Iron Emails Hunter?

Iron Emails Hunter is a professional email extraction tool that discovers email addresses from websites, IP addresses, and entire IP ranges. Perfect for marketing, lead generation, and research purposes.

🎯 Key Features

Multi-Source Scanning: Extract emails from URLs, domains, IP addresses, and CIDR ranges
Bulk Processing: Upload text files with thousands of targets
Smart Filtering: Automatic duplicate removal and MX validation
Forum Hunter: Deep scanning of vBulletin, phpBB, SMF, and Discourse forums
File Discovery: Find emails in exposed .sql, .csv, .txt, .pdf files
Real-Time Analytics: Live statistics, email rate tracking, and domain heatmaps
Session Management: Auto-save progress every 30 seconds
Export Options: Save results to CSV or TXT format

🚀 Getting Started

1. Interface Overview

The dashboard is divided into three main sections:

Section	Description
⚙ Configuration	Enter targets, configure threads/depth, enable hunting modes
📊 Statistics	View real-time stats, email rate, and control buttons
📧 Results	View extracted emails, activity log, and analytics

2. Adding Targets

You can add targets in multiple ways:

Manual Entry: Type directly into the input box

example.com company.net blog.website.org

IP Addresses: Single IPs or ranges

192.168.1.50 85.114.1.0/24 10.0.0.0/16

File Upload: Click 📁 Browse File to upload a .txt file with one target per line

⚙️ Configuration Settings

Basic Settings

Setting	Recommended Value	Description
Project Name	descriptive name	Name for saving/loading sessions
Threads	75	Number of concurrent connections (higher = faster but more aggressive)
Depth	2	How many levels deep to crawl links (1-5)
Strong URL Threshold	50	Minimum score for "strong" URL classification
Weak Domain Threshold	50	Minimum score for weak domain filtering
TLD Filter	optional	Only extract emails with specific TLDs (e.g., ".com .net .org")

✓ MX Validation

Keep this enabled to verify that email domains have valid mail servers. This filters out fake/invalid email addresses.

🎯 Deep Hunting Modes

Note: These are advanced features that significantly increase scan time and may trigger rate limiting.

⚠️ Use with Caution!

Deep hunting modes are powerful but aggressive. Only enable if you need maximum email extraction and understand the risks.

Mode	What It Does
🔍 Forum Detection	Identifies forum software (vBulletin, phpBB, SMF, Discourse) and deeply scrapes member profiles, posts, and pages
📂 Email-Rich Path Hunting	Targets pages likely to contain emails: /contact, /about, /team, /staff, /directory, etc.
🗺️ Sitemap Mining	Extracts URLs from sitemap.xml and robots.txt files for comprehensive coverage

🚫 Blocklist

Click 🚫 Blocklist to manage domains you want to exclude (test domains, disposable emails, spam traps, etc.)

📁 IP Range Format

Iron Emails Hunter supports CIDR notation for scanning IP ranges:

Format	Example	Coverage
Single IP	85.114.1.50	1 IP address
/32	85.114.1.50/32	1 IP address
/24	85.114.1.0/24	256 IP addresses (Class C)
/16	85.114.0.0/16	65,536 IP addresses
/8	85.0.0.0/8	16,777,216 IP addresses

# Example targets.txt file example.com 192.168.1.0/24 85.114.0.0/16 company.net 10.50.0.0/16 website.org

▶️ Running a Scan

Enter your targets (manual or file upload)
Configure settings (threads, depth, validation)
Optional: Enable deep hunting modes if needed
Click ⚡ START HUNTING EMAILS
Monitor progress in the Statistics panel
View results in real-time under the Emails tab

💡 Pro Tip: Sessions auto-save every 30 seconds! If you close the app or it crashes, use ↻ Load Session to resume where you left off.

📊 Understanding the Results

Statistics Panel

Metric	Meaning
Unique Emails	Total unique email addresses found
Duplicates	Number of duplicate emails filtered out
URLs Scanned	Total number of pages crawled
Strong URLs	High-quality pages above the threshold score
Email Rate	Current extraction speed (emails per minute)

Results Tabs

📧 Emails: Real-time list of discovered emails
📝 Activity: Detailed log of scanning activity
📊 Analytics: Email rate chart and top domains heatmap

💾 Exporting Results

When your scan is complete (or running), click ⭳ Export to save results.

Export Formats:

CSV: Structured data with stats (opens in Excel)
TXT: Simple text list (one email per line)
Full Report: Complete statistics and metadata

⚠️ Trial Mode Restriction: Export and copy features are disabled in trial mode. Activate a license to unlock full functionality.

🔒 License & Activation

Trial Mode

You can use Iron Emails Hunter in trial mode without a license:

✅ Full scanning functionality
✅ All hunting modes available
✅ Real-time analytics
❌ Copy/paste disabled
❌ Export disabled

Licensed Version

Activate a license to unlock:

✅ Copy extracted emails
✅ Export to CSV/TXT
✅ Priority support
✅ Future updates included

Plans Available:

Monthly License: $15/month - Cancel anytime
Lifetime License: $99 one-time - Forever access

Buy License →

To activate, click the 🔑 Activate button in the License Status card and enter your license key.

💡 Tips & Best Practices

Start Small: Test with a few targets before running large scans
Optimize Threads: More threads = faster, but may trigger rate limits. Start with 75.
Use Depth Wisely: Depth 2 is usually sufficient. Depth 3+ significantly increases scan time.
Enable MX Validation: Always keep this on to filter invalid emails
Check Analytics: Use the domain heatmap to identify rich email sources
Save Sessions: Name your projects clearly for easy resumption
Blocklist Management: Regularly update your blocklist to exclude unwanted domains

⚠️ Legal & Ethical Use

Important Notice:

Iron Emails Hunter is a powerful tool. Use it responsibly and ethically:

We are not responsible for misuse of this software.

🆘 Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Q: No emails are being found

Check that targets are accessible (not behind login/firewall)
Try increasing scan depth
Enable deep hunting modes
Verify MX validation isn't too strict

Q: Scan is very slow

Reduce thread count if you're getting rate limited
Disable deep hunting modes if not needed
Check your internet connection speed

Q: Application crashes or freezes

Your session is auto-saved! Use Load Session to resume
Try reducing threads to 50 or lower
Close other programs to free up memory

Q: Can't copy or export results

You're in trial mode - activate a license to unlock these features
Click the 🔑 Activate button in the License Status card

📞 Support & Contact

Need help? We're here for you!