Use the Web for Faxing

Use the Web for Faxing
By SHELLY BANJO
October 28, 2007

Email has replaced faxing for many purposes. But for those times when you still need to receive a fax or send a document to someone else's fax machine, a number of Internet faxing sites offer free or inexpensive help.

At eFax.com, you can sign up for a free phone number for receiving faxes by choosing eFaxFree (under "Products, click on "Learn More"). Faxes arrive as attachments in your email inbox. Other free sites for receiving faxes include FaxDigits.com and k7.net.

Additional features, such as toll-free numbers and a variety of fax-sending options, come with a monthly fee package through eFax, FaxDigits and other sites including MyFax.com and TrustFax.com. For instance, MyFax.com charges $10 a month and provides online fax storage, faxing via email-equipped mobile phones, sending to multiple recipients and scheduled delivery.

To send an occasional fax for free, meanwhile, you might try FaxZero.com. You type in information about yourself and the recipient. Then you either type your message or attach a .doc, .xls or .pdf file (subject to size limits) and click "Send Free Fax Now." To send longer faxes or more than two faxes a day through FaxZero.com, the fee is $1.99.

To compare almost a hundred faxing sites by price and features, check out FaxPrices.com.

Write to Shelly Banjo at shelly.banjo@wsj.com