Standalone fax users have many choices today, both in add-ins for Outlook/Exchange and in alternative Internet faxing services.
Most of the programs listed here do not work with Outlook 98 or Outlook 2000 in Internet Mail Only mode. The exceptions, WinFax and BitWare, are noted.
See Internet Fax for services you can use to send faxes using your Internet connection. Many support sending faxing from Outlook using a specially formatted email address, usually in the format of [fax_number]@fax_service.com.
Personal Fax Services
Fax4Outlook is a personal fax-integrating program that creates facsimile messages from documents and pictures directly from Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Fax4Outlook sends, receives and manages messages. Improves integration between Outlook/Office and the fax service in Windows 2000/XP, making it possible to receive faxes in the Inbox, fax Office documents easily, and use custom cover pages. |
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GFI FAXmaker 2013 makes sending and receiving faxes a simple, efficient, and cost-effective process and allows users to receive and send faxes directly from their email client. Faxes sent/received are also saved in digital format as an email. Supports Exchange server, and POP3/IMAP accounts. GFI FaxMaker 2013 includes configuration options for Office 365 Exchange or Gmail environment. |
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OLfax allows each user to receive incoming faxes via email and to respond to faxes via email. If more than one telephone line is available for fax, different users can connect to different fax lines. OLfax also works as a single computer solution without a network. |
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VoIP Plug-in is a driver for Microsoft Fax that enables Microsoft Fax (Windows Fax and Scan) to connect to either phone lines or Internet services that support SIP T.38 (the industry standard network VoIP fax transmission protocol). Connect to PHONE LINES (PSTN) with VoIP gateways that support SIP T.38 (the industry standard network VoIP fax transmission protocol). Connect through INTERNET/VoIP services that support SIP T.38 pass-through. FREE. |
Group Fax Services
GFI FAXmaker 2013 makes sending and receiving faxes a simple, efficient, and cost-effective process and allows users to receive and send faxes directly from their email client. Faxes sent/received are also saved in digital format as an email. Supports Exchange server, and POP3/IMAP accounts. GFI FaxMaker 2013 includes configuration options for Office 365 Exchange or Gmail environment. |
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Fax server that either integrates with any standard POP/SMTP server or operates an Exchange Server gateway. Includes Outlook forms for sending and receiving faxes. Outlook users can also monitor the status of sent faxes. |
More Information
For group faxing with Outlook or the Exchange client, there are more than a dozen or so connectors and gateways for Microsoft Exchange Server. See:
- Microsoft Exchange Resource Center (Amrein).
- Fax Tools
- OL2000: Using Fax with an ISDN Line
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