email faxes

lumberjim · 10-01-2007, 01:47 PM

anyone using services like efax? I think I want to convert my fax# to email. i get a shit ton of faxes per day, and the savings on paper and toner expense would, im sure, pay for the service.

if you use one, which one? likes, dislikes? things to look out for?

thanks!

Flint · 10-01-2007, 01:49 PM

Last time I went to the doctor, he said he was gonna write me a prescription, and then he pulled out a little blackberry thing. They recieved it at the pharmacy, on their physical fax machine, which I thought was cool. . . . That's actually the opposite of what you were asking. The end.

SteveDallas · 10-01-2007, 02:05 PM

Is this for home or work? If you're in a situation where you can plug your fax line into a modem on your computer, you can find software that will just receive it as computer files. It's not quite the "see your faxes anywhere" snazziness of the fox-to-email gateway but it still saves paper. If it's at work, lobby your local geeks. A lot of high end copiers have built-in fax machines and can be persuaded to email them instead of printing them out.

theotherguy · 10-01-2007, 02:17 PM

I have used it and loved it. It saved me a ton of paper and filing. Now, we have the same thing through our phone system at work so I no longer use the efax service.

If they canceled the fax here at work, I would go back to efax in a hurry.

lumberjim · 10-01-2007, 02:18 PM

it's for work. and i might have been wrong about the costs....
the website says 16.95 a month....but then theres a per page fee

i have to figure out how many faxes i get in a month.

its for security, info retention, and i was hoping savings, too. maybe 2 of 3 as it seems. efax offers 500 pages per month for $50. I have no idea if that would be enough, though. I'll have to dick around with my fax machine and see if it can handle a report like that....or do some extraoplating if not.

smurfalicious · 10-02-2007, 08:34 AM

I efax at work and love it. I simply open a new email, add text and/or documents and send. A header/footer is automatically applied (probably a template that was set up previously), and any attachments (pdf, docs, images, etc) to the email get faxed perfectly. I get a return receipt (or failure) for each fax via email.

It's great because it's one more reason my fat ass doesn't have to leave my chair. No screwing around with a fax machine jamming, out of paper, line busy, fax line down, etc. Ever seen Office Space? The scene where they give the fax a beatin' brings tears to my eyes. Tears of joy. (I am not a patient person.)

All of our faxes arrive into a database in pdf format which we access through Lotus. Most of the time it displays the number or name of the sender (if the sender has their fax programmed as such). It's great because the junk faxes don't get printed, and for the tools who fax shit 3 or four times because they can't figure out how to work their own fax machine, we only print what we choose to print.

I'm not sure of the name of the service my corporation uses - I just type the fax number 1 area code fax number and add @faxmail.com... like this:15615555555@faxmail.com

10-01-2007, 01:47 PM	#1
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	email faxes anyone using services like efax? I think I want to convert my fax# to email. i get a shit ton of faxes per day, and the savings on paper and toner expense would, im sure, pay for the service. if you use one, which one? likes, dislikes? things to look out for? thanks! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-01-2007, 01:49 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Last time I went to the doctor, he said he was gonna write me a prescription, and then he pulled out a little blackberry thing. They recieved it at the pharmacy, on their physical fax machine, which I thought was cool. . . . That's actually the opposite of what you were asking. The end. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

10-01-2007, 02:18 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	it's for work. and i might have been wrong about the costs.... the website says 16.95 a month....but then theres a per page fee i have to figure out how many faxes i get in a month. its for security, info retention, and i was hoping savings, too. maybe 2 of 3 as it seems. efax offers 500 pages per month for $50. I have no idea if that would be enough, though. I'll have to dick around with my fax machine and see if it can handle a report like that....or do some extraoplating if not. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

10-02-2007, 08:34 AM	#6
smurfalicious Tool. Not the band - you are one. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 501 Northlake Blvd., North Palm Beach FL Posts: 329	I efax at work and love it. I simply open a new email, add text and/or documents and send. A header/footer is automatically applied (probably a template that was set up previously), and any attachments (pdf, docs, images, etc) to the email get faxed perfectly. I get a return receipt (or failure) for each fax via email. It's great because it's one more reason my fat ass doesn't have to leave my chair. No screwing around with a fax machine jamming, out of paper, line busy, fax line down, etc. Ever seen Office Space? The scene where they give the fax a beatin' brings tears to my eyes. Tears of joy. (I am not a patient person.) All of our faxes arrive into a database in pdf format which we access through Lotus. Most of the time it displays the number or name of the sender (if the sender has their fax programmed as such). It's great because the junk faxes don't get printed, and for the tools who fax shit 3 or four times because they can't figure out how to work their own fax machine, we only print what we choose to print. I'm not sure of the name of the service my corporation uses - I just type the fax number 1 area code fax number and add @faxmail.com... like this:15615555555@faxmail.com __________________

10-01-2007, 02:05 PM	#3
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Is this for home or work? If you're in a situation where you can plug your fax line into a modem on your computer, you can find software that will just receive it as computer files. It's not quite the "see your faxes anywhere" snazziness of the fox-to-email gateway but it still saves paper. If it's at work, lobby your local geeks. A lot of high end copiers have built-in fax machines and can be persuaded to email them instead of printing them out.

10-01-2007, 02:17 PM	#4
theotherguy no not that other guy, the other one Join Date: May 2007 Location: TN Posts: 640	I have used it and loved it. It saved me a ton of paper and filing. Now, we have the same thing through our phone system at work so I no longer use the efax service. If they canceled the fax here at work, I would go back to efax in a hurry.

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