Whats a good and cheap fax service to send and recieve faxes through email? Thanks

I like myfax.com. $10 a month for the basic service.

What's wrong with using your fax machine at home?

Using email allows you to not tie up your home phone line or purchase a new phone line w/ service plus fax machine and you can retrieve faxes anywhere ,anytime not just at home. Plus, your out of state clients can fax toll-free not incurring additional long distance charges.

Ok, this is another one of those things that I would rather control myself.

I use FAX STF Server. This is software that I have running on a computer at my office. This allows me to send and receive faxes from anywhere. It can also be setup to email faxes you receive to any email you choose as a PDF file.

It runs on a Mac, but can allows mac or windows machines to make use of it. I have been using it for a while and has worked flawlessly for me. The best part has been creating a PDF paper trail of every fax I have gotten or sent for every deal.

Find it here:
http://www.smithmicro.com/default.tpl?group=product_full&sku=STFMSVXX

If you just want something running on your windows machine, here is a windows based product from the same company that will also handle voicemail:
http://www.smithmicro.com/default.tpl?group=product_full&sku=HMCWA0SESMS1250
R

I like Efax - I use it as a scanner too - I can pdf my faxes and then forward them on via email instead of faxing a fax of a fax of a fax...

I recommend www.myfax.com 200 Free Incoming and 100 Free Outgoing. No software is downloaded on your system.

I have been using the program for over a year and love it. I also like being able to add multiple email addresses to the account. Most of my agents also use www.myfax.com and have added me to the account so I can retrieve documents from a distance and forward it or upload to the OTM program. You can setup the program to allow faxes to be stored online and delivered via email as an attachment (TIFF or PDF).

Another alternative would be the fax system provided by www.ringcentral.com This program will provide you a toll free voice and fax line with 5 mailboxes. Ideal for those specializing in relocation services or have off site real estate assistants.

My systems never seem to like eFax.

I use dataoncall.com. I think it's $10 per month and is a dedicated fax.

Thanks for all the input everyone.

The other advantage of internet faxing is producing much clearer copies, esp w/multiple faxing back and forth for sigs.

I use efax but I guess they are not the cheapest.

Just wanted to give an update on the fax suggestion I made.

The Fax STF Server software is NOT cross platform compatable, so you would have to be only working with Mac computers.

Since most are probably using windows based machines, I would suggest the windows link I provided above.

It also preserves quality and does all the other things I described. In addition, it handles voicemail - will even forward messages as sound files to any email address you specify, forward calls anywhere, etc. Pretty powerful stuff.

For those that want the 800 number advantage, I had my old voicemail/fax system on a vonage IP phone line with 800 number. I had a fax back system, voicemail and normal faxing all working great on this system.

R

If you have vonage or sunrocket VOIP phone service you can add fax line for $10 per month..

Good Luck

I Like www.trustfax.com..

They have online storage and I can send a link to a fax by email if I like to..

I pay about $10 a month.. I have a dedicated toll
free fax number...