Fax to Email Review: Save paper and Go Green with your Fax Machine

Want a way to cut down on paper around the office? Or just cut expenses for communications. Fat to email services are one of the fastest growing service sectors online along side with VOIP technology. How does Internet faxing work exactly? How does it compare to a traditional fax machine in quality and cost? What service provider should you use? We'll answer all of these questions in our fax to email review.

How Fax to Email works

You might think that some fancy piece of software has to be installed on your computer to be able to send and receive faxes via email. How ever, nothing changes for how you send email right now except for the email address you send things to when you want to send a fax.

When you sign up for an Internet fax account with a company like MyFax you are given a local or toll free fax number that you can supply to customers, contacts etc. to send you faxes. When people fax you something it's converted to an email and you're sent and email notificaiton with the fax as an attached document to the email. You can either store it for later, or print off a hard copy.

To send faxes it's as easy as sending an email with the documents you want faxed attached. Most providers, like MyFax support most popular productivity document formats (i.e. MS office, Adobe Acrobat etc.). The subject and body of the email will become the fax cover sheet that gets sent. All you need to do to send an email to a fax number is create an email address by adding the fax number to @myfax.com here's an example below.

Example for MyFax
Fax Number: 1-888-999-1111
Email Address to send fax to: 18889991111@myfax.com

What's the comparison to Conventional Fax Machines?

When doing our fax to email review, along with reviewing several of the online faxing providers one question that kept coming up was is this better then a regular fax machine? For any home office, or small business yes. Here are a few of the top reasons:

1. No more paper, it's all stored digitally you only print off what you need. This makes fax to email a “GREEN” option to save on paper and help the environment.
2. Savings each month in the cost of a fax line compared to the monthly cost of a service like MyFax, plus you don't need to buy a fax machine your computer printer is all you need.
3. Access from anywhere to receive faxes. i.e. Internet Cafes any where in the world. Some providers even offer cell phone notifications when you receive a new fax (note: this service is offered by MyFax)
4. Space savings in a home or small office. You don't need a filing system to store incoming faxes, you won't have as many papers to file. You don't need a place for a fax machine on a desk.

Using email to fax just makes sense, the quality is every bit as good and there is no chance of getting a paper jam when a fax is coming in and you lose the last 2 pages of that very important document. It's all stored for up to a year with some providers (not MyFax gives you 12 months of free storage with unlimited space for faxes you receive.).
What provider should I choose?

If you haven't guessed it already we like MyFax. They offer the best blend of features, price, and service/support. Their online chat support is top notch, and in my opinion the best in the biz. Their $10 a month price point gives you 300 faxes (100 outgoing, 200 incoming) a month, and you can receive faxes on up to 5 different email accounts.

Learn more about MyFax now on their site