• To send a fax via email from personal account:
    1. Start Outlook (if not already running)
    2. Open a new email
    3. In the To box, type the number you wish to fax followed by @rcfax.com.  (Example: To fax to 787-929-3742 put [email protected])
    4. In the Subject, put any message you want the recipient to see.
    5. Attach the file you want to send.  (See chart below for acceptable file formats.)
    6. Hit Send to send the fax.
    7. After a few minutes, you should receive a confirmation that your fax was successful.
  • To send a fax via email from generic email account:

    1. Start Outlook (if not already running)
    2. Open a new email
    3. If the From button is not showing then
      1. Click on the Option tab.
      2. Click on the From icon in the Show Fields section to expose the From button.
    4. Click on the From button and select the desired generic email account.  (NOTE: You must have rights to email from that account.)
    5. In the To box, type the number you wish to fax followed by @rcfax.com.  (Example: To fax to 787-929-3742 put [email protected])
    6. In the Subject, put any message you want the recipient to see.
    7. Attach the file you want to send.  (See chart below for acceptable file formats.)
    8. Hit Send to send the fax.
    9. After a few minutes, you should receive a confirmation that your fax was successful.

 

NOTES:   The email account must be setup in the RingCentral account.

                A scanner may be needed to create a PDF formatted file from a hard copy.

 

File Extension

Application Type

Supported Versions

pdf

Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Reader

All

psd

Adobe PhotoShop

3.0 and higher

doc, docx, docm*

Microsoft Word

Windows: 95, 97, 2000, 2003, 2007
 Mac: 4, 5.x, 95, 98

dot

Microsoft Word Document Template

All

mcw

Microsoft Word for Mac

4 - 5.1

xls, xlsx, xlsb, xlsm*

Microsoft Excel

5, 95, 97, 2000, 2003, 2007

ppt, pptx, pptm*

Microsoft PowerPoint

4 and higher

vsd, vdx

Microsoft Visio

All

pub

Microsoft Publisher

98, 2000, 2003

wps

Microsoft Works

All

wri

Microsoft Windows Write

All

awd

Microsoft Fax

All

tif, tiff, gif, jpg, jpeg,
 bmp, png, pcx, tga

Generic Graphic Formats

All

rtf

Rich Text Format

All

txt, log, h, cpp, c, err, hpp

Text Files

All

wk1, wk3, wk4

Lotus 1-2-3

All

wq1

Quattro Pro DOS

All

xml

Extensible Markup Language

All

html, htm

HyperText Markup Language

All

mht, mhtml

MIME Encapsulation of Aggregate HTML Documents

All

csv

Comma Separated Values

All