How Fax 2 Email Works
When you register for the fax to email service an 086 number is linked to your email address. Using a standard fax machine any one that has your 086 number can now send you a fax.
On receipt of the analogue fax the fax to email server converts the document to digital format. The fax to email system automatically sends the digital fax to the email address assigned to the 086 number.
You can receive the digital fax in TIFF or PDF format. The rendering format can be detriment in the web portal. With the new fax 2 email 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.
Fax 2 Email Step by Step
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Using a standard fax machine any one that has your 086 number can now send you a fax. |
The fax to email server converts the document to digital format and automatically sends the digital fax to the email address assigned to the 086 number. |
Faxes can be received in TIFF or PDF format in your email inbox. On line web portal available for fax and user detail management. |
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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.

