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How to receive a fax by email
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1. Get your own personal fax number You receive a regular telephone number for your use. This will be your own personal fax number. |
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2. Advertise this number as you wish Print your new number on office stationery and business cards. Inform clients, suppliers and colleagues of this number. |
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3. Any fax sent to this number is automatically forwarded to your e-mail Faxes are received on one of hundreds of lines, so your fax number is never busy. The received fax shows up in your e-mail program like a regular e-mail message. |
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4. Retrieve your fax from anywhere Access your received faxes anywhere you can access your e-mail. File, forward, print, or delete your faxes like regular e-mail. |
Features
The InterFAX Receive service lets you receive faxes directly into your email. With no hardware or software installations necessary, InterFAX can receive multiple faxes at once, which means that people sending you faxes never hear a busy tone.
Once faxes are routed to your email address, you can filter, route, forward, print, or delete them, just like regular email messages.
- No more waiting at the fax machine
- No more curly thermal paper
- No more lost faxes behind the counter
Advantages
SOHO
- No need to leave your computer on at all times in anticipation of a fax
- No need to install an additional phone line
- Retrieve faxes from anywhere in the world
- No more missed orders
Large Organization
- Faxes reach their intended recipients with no manual routing
- Save thousands of dollars on fax server hardware, software, and phone lines
- Delete junk faxes before they waste paper and toner
- File faxes into your back-office system - Exchange, Notes, GroupWise
Please note that fax reception is only available in these countries:
- United States
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- Austria
- Italy
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Turkey
- Israel
- Singapore
- Japan
- Australia
However, fax sending is available anywhere in the world.



