With the technological advances that are being made on a regular basis, the concept of email faxing has become a standard. Many people are opting for email faxing over the standard way of sending information from one fax machine to another. There are different methods of sending an email fax however, they are all much more cost efficient than using the standard method.



When sending an email fax, there is no telephone charge. The costs are included in the internet fee that is already paid. The only requirement is the machine you are sending the fax to must be one that will accept the internet fax.

How does internet faxing work, you may ask? Using the internet, any document that you can attach to an email can be faxed. The possibilities are endless. Images can be scanned and saved to your computer and then faxed. Word documents can be sent. Even PDF files may be sent.

The internet faxing is hosted. This essentially mean that you do not have to buy a fax server, modem, or any type of special software to send a fax. The service you subscribe to sends the faxes for you. There are only three things needed to be able to send an internet fax. If you have an internet connection, an email account and the access to an internet faxing service, you will have no need for a standard fax machine.

When you want to send a fax all you have to do is compose your message and attach it to the file or picture or whatever you want to fax. Your fax service will direct you to put in the address of the person you are sending the fax to, which will be their number plus a special extension that you will be given. The internet service upon receiving the email attachment will change it to the correct format for faxing. Then they will send it using a phone line to the intended receiver's fax machine.

Receiving a fax is very similar. The fax service you will be using gives you either a toll free number of a fax number. When someone sends you a fax, they dial this number and send your fax over a standard fax machine. When the fax is received by your service it is converted into an email attachment and send to your email box. When you go to your emails, retrieve the attachment, and open it as you would any other attachment.

Using email is the main application to sending and receiving internet faxes so it stands to reason that you can use your PDA to send and receive faxes. If you have a handheld Palm, Blackberry or any other type of PDA, you can use mobile faxing to send faxes and receive them. The process is similar to faxing from your desktop. If your PDA has a connection to the internet, can send and receive emails, and you have an internet faxing service, follow the same basic instructions as you use on your desktop.

The advancements that are being made are making tracking of your business from the field more accessible. There is no need to be tied to the office anymore. Take your PDA and you will have the ability to keep in contact, send and receive faxes, as well as emails and messages from anywhere you may need to be.