Another form of fax broadcasting is Internet fax broadcasting. With Internet fax broadcasting, you would use your email account or some special fax software to send and receive faxes. In most cases, fax software allows you to use your email program to receive faxes. You just need a fax reader for the document that comes in. However, there are many fax software programs that have built-in fax viewers so you can see what the fax is. This software may be part of the software program or a separate module that loads independently of the software itself. It may be a program that runs automatically at start up and works in the background until you receive a fax by email, or a fax alert is triggered by the software.
This type of software program is a definite plus over fax broadcasting because you don't have to tie up your fax machine. Plus, you don't have to make several trips to the fax machine everything you want to send a fax. Just do it right from your computer anytime you are ready.
As for email faxes, the way this works is the fax software program allows you to set up the main features of the program, including what to use to receive and send faxes. On this screen is where you would put the information about your email account so the program knows what to bring up when faxing is required. Next, the software will require you to sign up with and use a toll-free number that will receive and send faxes through the software program.