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title: 📠 How to Send a Fax via Email (eFax Users)
description: Sending a fax via email allows you to fax documents directly from your email client without using a physical fax machine. This feature is available to users with an active eFax account and makes faxing fast, simple, and paperless. ⚠️…
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updated: "2026-05-11"
category: Docs
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# 📠 How to Send a Fax via Email (eFax Users)

Sending a fax via email allows you to fax documents directly from your email client without using a physical fax machine. This feature is available to users with an active eFax account and makes faxing fast, simple, and paperless.

⚠️ **Important:** This feature works **only** if the email is sent from an email address associated with an active eFax account in the Dataphone system.

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## ✅ Prerequisites

Before sending a fax, ensure the following:

- 📧 Your email address is linked to an active eFax account
- 🌎 You are sending the fax to a **US or Canadian** fax number only
- 📄 Your document is in a supported file format

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## 📝 Step-by-Step: Send a Fax via Email

1️⃣ **Open your email client**
(e.g., Microsoft Outlook, Gmail, etc.)

2️⃣ **Create a new email message**

3️⃣ **From:**
Enter your registered email address

4️⃣ **To:**
Enter the destination fax number followed by:

👉 `@`**`dataphone`fax.com**

**Example:**
If the fax number is **888-555-8888**, send the email to:

📩 `18885558888@dataphon`efax.com

ℹ️ The fax number must include the **area code + phone number**.

5️⃣ **Attach the document(s)** you want to fax

- You may attach **multiple files**
- Documents will be faxed **in the order attached**

6️⃣ **Click Send** ✉️

![](https://www.dataphone.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/1-5.png)

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## 📬 What Happens Next?

- Your email and attachments are converted into a fax format
- 📩 You will receive an **email notification within 15 minutes** confirming the fax transmission status (successful or failed)

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## 📎 Supported Attachment Formats

✔️ **PDF Files**

- Adobe Acrobat Documents (PDF)

✔️ **Microsoft Office Files**

- DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX

✔️ **OpenOffice Files**

- ODP, ODS, ODT

✔️ **Google Files**

- GDOC, GSLIDES, GSPREADSHEET

✔️ **Text Files**

- TXT, RTF

✔️ **Printer Files**

- PCL, EPS, PS

✔️ **Image Files**

- TIFF, TIF, GIF, PNG, JPEG, JPG

✔️ **Other Formats**

- FXC, FODT, HTML

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## ⚠️ Important Notes & Best Practices

🔹 If you scan a document or use **Print to File**, always select **Black & White** mode for best fax quality and compatibility.

🔹 Ensure attachments are clear and properly oriented before sending.

🔹 Large or color-heavy documents may take longer to process.

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📌 **Need Help?**
If you experience issues sending a fax or need assistance with your eFax account, please contact Dataphone Support.