How to Fax from Google

Gmail has become in just a matter of years one of the most used free email providers in the World, mainly because its interface is clean an easy to use, and also because it is an extremely reliable service.  Now you can integrate a fax service with your Gmail address to harness the power to fax from Google!

What Do You Need?

A Gmail address.  Luckily these days anyone can have not just one but multiple free Gmail accounts.  They are very easy to create and are ready to use instantly.

An email fax service account.  These companies provide the powerful fax servers capable of converting email to fax and viceversa, and the also provide you a virtual fax number, which is used to receive faxes from common fax machines.

How Does It Work?

Sending Google fax is just as easy as sending a common email, but there are a few differences that we need to keep in mind:

First, know that the actual fax needs to be attached to the email message.  You can fax a variety of different file types, from documents to images. Check out the compatibility list of your fax provider to know all about the file types you are allowed to send, but rest assured that all providers include compatibility with pdf, doc, txt, jpg, tiff, and xls spreadsheets.

Now, you may be wondering, how can I dial a number from Gmail? Well, accoridng to http://www.gmailfaxpro.com to send a fax you enter the desired fax number on the TO field, BUT followed with @faxprovider.com.  This email web domain will vary according to the fax service of your choice.  Here are a couple of examples: for eFax it would be @efax.com and for RingCentral Fax it would be @rcfax.com. By doing this, you are sending the fax to the fax servrs, and letting them know which number to forward the converted digital fax