If you have never tried using a free fax to email service, it can be extremely useful.Especially useful to those people who do not own fax machines or have access to a fax machine.
What a fax to email service does is allow a person who wants to fax
something, the ability to fax to someone else who does not not have a
fax machine themselves
The fax is sent and a PDF-type or photo document is created that is
sent to an email system as an attachment that can be viewed by the
person who did not have the fax machine. They have access to the documents through the free fax to email
service, and are able to, in most cases, "fax" something back to
different fax numbers they may need to fax something to.
The way they allow a person to do is upload attachments of word
documents, photos, PDFs or scanned documents, and fax them out using
their system.
Until recently, these services were something that had to be paid
for. Now, there are numerous free fax to email services readily
available on the internet utilizing an email system with, typically, an
easy-to-use interface.
What's handy nowadays, is that most people get their emails through
their SmartPhones. That makes these faxes receivable through a
SmartPhone as well.
When registering for a free fax to email service, you will also often
have the option of getting a local fax number or even a toll-free fax
number.
Upgrades in options in your account with these free fax to email
services may cost money, but the basic service usually stays free.