How Do I Receive Faxes by Email?

With eFax®, you can conveniently receive faxes in your email inbox. When someone sends a fax to your virtual fax number, the fax will appear as an email from eFax with the fax itself attached.

Receive a Fax by Email

A copy of the fax is also delivered to your eFax Message Center, so you can access your faxes online even when you don’t have access to email.

Change the File Format of Fax Attachments Sent via Email

You can choose to have faxes delivered in one of three different file formats:

To Change Your Fax File Format

Note: This change will only affect faxes received after the new file format is selected. Faxes received prior to this change will remain unchanged.