How to Send a Fax from email

Email to fax is a feature, that allows users to send faxes from their emails to multiple recipients instantly. This feature is available from the most Internet fax providers, that offer their clients the possibility to send and receive faxes using any email client. An online fax subscription, an email and an Internet connection is needed. 

To send a fax from an email, follow these steps:

Subscribe to an online fax service:

Subscribe to an Internet fax service (most of these services provide the "mail to fax" option). Use your email address for subscription, you can then send faxes with this email from any email application. No addtitional software and hardware is required, only an Internet connection and an email is needed.

Create a new email and send the fax

Once you have an online fax account you'll be able to send faxes from your email. Follow these steps to send a fax: 

• Create a new email
• In the "To:" line, insert a special email addres provided by Internet fax operator (example: mail2fax@internet_fax_provider.com). In the "Subject:" line add a special security code that is also provided to you by Internet fax service provider.
• Attach documents to fax (most of file formats are supported) and insert destination fax number in the body of email, in international format.
• Click to send

Your fax is sent

Your document will be converted into fax format and sent to all destinations. You'll receive an email notification on fax delivery. 

Tips

• The "mail to fax" feature is an efficient way to send faxes to multiple recipients at once. Use it for mass fax sendings.
• Optionally, you can send personalized faxes to each recipient (but this implies some additional manipulations).
• Some Internet fax providers require an additional fee for this feature.