Receiving a Fax - How Free Fax 2 Email Works
Choose between our Free Fax 2 Email service or the new Subscription Fax 2 Email services that allows you to receive
international faxes with a geographical number. To register your Free Fax 2 Email number click the sign up button.
To get more info on the Subscription Fax 2 Email go to the Fax 2 Email Subscription page.
When you register for the free fax2email service an 086 number is linked to your email address.
Using a standard fax machine any one in South Africa that has your 086 number can now send you a fax.
On receipt of the analogue fax the fax2email server converts the document to digital format. The fax2email system automatically sends the digital fax to the email address assigned to the 086 number. The fax is then received in
your email client. You can make use of Outlook, Mac mail, Gmail - anything will do as long as you have an active
email account
You can receive the digital fax in TIFF or PDF format. The rendering format can be detriment in the web portal.
With the new fax2email web portal it is now possible to keep track of your incoming faxes,
save it for 7 days and keep your user detail up to date. If you don’t have your own 086 fax to email number
Stop the delay. Sign up for your free fax to email service today.
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Fax 2 Email - Step by Step
Step 1
After registering for a fax 2 email a 086 number is paired with your email address. You will then receive an email that will take you through the activation of your new fax 2 email number. Once the your fax 2 email number is active anyone using a standard fax machine that has your 086 fax2email number will be able to send you a fax.
Step 2
After a document is faxed it is routed to the registered fax server. The fax server then captures the fax and converts it into a PDF document or TIFF image. After the fax has been converted to digital format the fax server looks up the email address that is linked to the 086 number and automatically sends an email to the designated email address with the fax as an attachment..
Step 3
All that is left now if you to check your email and receive your faxes. Making use of the online porthole fax 2 email users can check their fax 2 email history, resend old faxes, store faxes for 7 days, switch between PDF / Tiff format and update their user information. In many instances the next step is to get the functionality to send faxes from your PC. Please have a look at the PC 2 Fax section of this website.
Fax 2 Email Benefits
1. Receive simultaneous faxes to your computer 24 hours a day, 7 days a week;2. Keeps you in touch any time, any where;
3. Provides the facility of receiving faxes without a dedicated telephone line or a fax machine;
4. There is no need to own a fax machine;
5. It will not cost you anything to receive faxes! The person sending you the fax will pay the cost as per normal procedure;
6. No Telkom lines or additional fax machines needed to receive faxes;
7. Save money on paper, toner and telephone costs;
8. View the fax on your PC and select only those pages you need to print;
9. Received faxes are easier to manage in digital format than hard copies;
10. Read/delete/print/save or forward faxes;
11. Saves you the cost of maintaining a fax machine;
12. Save paper and toner because you choose whether to print your faxes or to store, forward or sort them on your PC;
13. Keep faxes private as there is no paper lying around on a fax machine;
14. Pick up your faxes remotely from your office via internet;
15. No more hovering around the fax machine waiting for an important or private fax;
16. Clients will never get engaged tone again, can receive in excess of 400 faxes simultaneously;
17. Have multiple fax numbers per company.