Sending and receiving faxes without a fax machine

Lifeisbutadream

Morn wrote: »

Ok well double check you version of windows by following this:

Start > Control Pannel > System

You will be able to see the version on the page that is displayed. If is business then good fax vista business if it is home then this application is very good http://www.snappysoftware.com/index.html you will need a normal modem though!!

HTH

I am definately home user.

Thanks - I will look into this link.

benjus

I would tend to recommend using a modem and some fax software for sending faxes, but using a Fax2Email service to receive them. That way you don't have to mess around with voice/fax switches or having a separate phone line for faxes.

For receiving faxes by email Gradwell is a good option (http://www.gradwell.com/voip/fax/fax2email/) - for £3 a month you get a geographical UK fax number in the area code of your choice. They can also port a number from BT if you have an existing fax number that you want to keep.

There are various companies offering free incoming fax services with an 0870/0871 number, but I'd hesitate to recommend these for a business.

Sending faxes by email is also possible. The Gradwell system is expensive (20p per page) so I would not suggest this unless you only want to send a very small number of faxes. Something like FaxTastic (http://www.faxtastic.co.uk/view/info/pricing/) might be OK, although I haven't used them. They charge £30 per year for the incoming number and at most 10p per page for sending.

However, I would stick with my original recommendation of sending faxes using fax software and a modem. You get much more flexibility with how the fax is laid out, and it probably works out cheaper as well.

M4RKM

try faxbox.com

they offer a free trial too... email - fax system...