E Faxes -- any experiences?

[chadknowslaw]

I am thinking about using one of those electronic fax services instead of a regular fax machine. I really don't have a very high volume of faxes--most of what I do is sent electronically already.


I am finishing my move into the virtual office, so I want to be able to view my faxes from anywhere even if I am not in Phoenix.


Does anyone have real world experience with services like E Fax Pro or something similar?

[XXXWriterDude]

I am thinking about using one of those electronic fax services instead of a regular fax machine. I really don't have a very high volume of faxes--most of what I do is sent electronically already.


I am finishing my move into the virtual office, so I want to be able to view my faxes from anywhere even if I am not in Phoenix.


Does anyone have real world experience with services like E Fax Pro or something similar?

I used to send out e-faxes all the time using some program my roommate introduced me to. I forget what it was, though. I haven't done that in years, though. No need to since I quit my job as the publicist for that theater. You can pretty much fax to anywhere you want right from your computer not even using a service. For free. I'll see if I can find the name of the program again.

[chadknowslaw]

Receiving efaxes I think is really really easy--you can see them on screen and then print them out if needed.

How about sending them? If I have 5 sheets of paper I want faxed, I have to scan them first and get those images to my computer so I can send them as a fax, right??

[XXXWriterDude]

Receiving efaxes I think is really really easy--you can see them on screen and then print them out if needed.

How about sending them? If I have 5 sheets of paper I want faxed, I have to scan them first and get those images to my computer so I can send them as a fax, right??

Yup, gotta scan 'em first. Most of the stuff I was faxing was stuff that I was creating right there on my computer. Otherwise, you have to scan them.

[citiboyz]

I use efax.com which is pretty simple. You get a toll-free number to which people can fax you, and your faxes arrive in your email. They give you a simple software program to view and print them. To send a fax, all you need to do is logon to their website and upload your document in any of about a dozen formats, like .wpd, .doc, .rtf. .txt etc. The beauty of this system is that you can transmit and receive faxes from anywhere in the world to and from your computer with a net connection.

[gaybucks_chip]

I use UReach.com. I think it might be a lil more expensive than EFax (which I used to use). Haven't used EFax for a long time, I got annoyed by it as it used to require their software be installed on their application in order to use it, where Ureach will take upload of a Word document and automatically fax it out (complete with signature, if you've scanned and inserted it into the Word doc as a graphic).

As for receiving, Ureach will, I think, automatically forward the faxes to your email, or hold them in its web-based mail service. It also has the added advantage of allowing you to use Ureach to handle call routing... used to its fullest, you give people your Ureach number, Ureach email and Ureach fax, and you have only one place where you receive everything, which is nice if you travel a lot.

[chadknowslaw]

Chip--can you call me ??

[gaybucks_chip]

Lil late tonight, but i'll hit ya up tomorrow, or call me (we have a meeting from 11a till about 1p, but otherwise I'm around)