Internet Fax Features
Online fax has revolutionized faxing by fusing the technologies of telecommunications and the Internet. It is packed with features that significantly improve faxing.
Fax alerts
Traditionally, faxes are sent over telephone lines to and from fax machines. To send a fax, you first have to dial the fax number and wait for the fax tone before you actually send the document. If the transmission fails, you have to repeat the same procedure over again. Receiving a fax is quite similar. To retrieve an incoming fax, you have to permit the transmission before the fax is sent to you. Internet fax removes all those procedures in fax transmission. You don’t have to rush to the fax machine anymore just to allow a fax to come in and be printed out of the machine. Similarly, you can easily send faxes right from your desk without having to spend as much time as you used to.
Junk faxes
Anyone who has an email account can easily classify mails as junk. Internet fax uses this capability to enable you to be as proactive in dealing with faxes, letting you save a great deal of time and effort. While some service providers automatically filter unwanted faxes, others block junk faxes according to criteria set by the user.
Group sending/Broadcast
Faxing online allows you to easily distribute fax documents to corresponding people through email. Most service providers allow fax broadcasting, letting you send a single fax document to several recipients. Other Internet fax services feature preset contact lists which you can use to easily send faxes to different groups of people.
Delivery Confirmation
Most online fax services send delivery confirmation messages to your email inbox or mobile phone. All failed and successful faxes are also listed in a log which you can access every time you log in to your online account.