Receive Fax By Email

Almost everything can be done electronically or over the internet these days. You can have video conferences with people anywhere around the world, send and receive files of any kind, and get connected with people from your childhood.

Even the big old office fax machine has been rendered useless, since we can now send and receive faxes through email and the internet. Your first step to receiving a fax by email is to search through the many Internet fax services available and pick one that best suits you.

There are many websites out there that offer different fax cost plans, the more expensive ones obviously allowing you to send and receive more faxes. Depending on how often you plan on sending and receiving files and documents, you should pick a service and plan that best suits your budget and needs.

Once you've decided which service provider to go with, register with them and provide them with the necessary information that they ask for (name, email address, payment method, etc…). Once all of this is done, have a friend or co-worker help you test out the service you have chosen to make sure it is reliable and gets the job done. Some fax services send an incoming fax directly to your email, while others send you an email saying that you have received a fax and that it is ready for download.

From this point on it's as easy as opening the fax email whenever you receive one; if the fax is attached to the email go ahead and save it to your computer, otherwise follow the instructions in the email to download your fax from the location given. Most fax plans are relatively cheap, and because online fax services are so easy to use, they are really handy for those of us who just don't have the time for sending a fax the old fashioned way.