Fax Service | make faxing easier You know the drawbacks of fax machines: The time it takes to send faxes, the risk of having confidential faxes lost or misplaced, and the costs of fax machine maintenance, paper, and ink. Appia offers two solutions that enable you to send and receive faxes in less time and at less cost.
aFax A desktop faxing solution, aFax enables you to send and receive faxes right from your computer. You can also attach Microsoft Office or PDF documents to an aFax.
Fax‐to‐email With fax‐to‐email, you receive inbound faxes in your email, rather than on a fax machine. Fax‐to‐email makes it easier to manage, store, and track inbound faxes, which saves time, paper and supplies, and reduces the chances of faxes being misplaced or lost.Fax‐to‐email can be set up to route incoming faxes to a single user or to an email distribution list. There is no limit to the number of faxes you can receive with fax‐to‐email.
Legacy fax machinesWe can also help if you’re not ready to give up on your existing fax machine. All you need is an analog telephone adapter and your fax machine will send and receive over the internet.
Using aFax Once you’re aFax account has been activated, using aFax is as easy as sending an email. To preview your fax before sending it out, just send it to your own fax number.
Open your email program, compose a new email, and attach any Microsoft Office or PDF document you wish to include,
Address the email to the destination fax. Use 1 for long distance in North America and 011 for international and add @aFax.appiaservices.com.
For the U.S. fax number (559) 482‐1100:
15594821100@aFax.appiaservices.com
For the international number (44) 222‐2222: 01144222222@aFax.appiaservices.com
Send the email as you normally would. The body of the email and the contents of any attachments will be faxed to the number you specified.
You will automatically receive delivery confirmation via email.