- To send a fax via email from personal account:
- Start Outlook (if not already running)
- Open a new email
- 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])
- In the Subject, put any message you want the recipient to see.
- Attach the file you want to send. (See chart below for acceptable file formats.)
- Hit Send to send the fax.
- After a few minutes, you should receive a confirmation that your fax was successful.
To send a fax via email from generic email account:
- Start Outlook (if not already running)
- Open a new email
- If the From button is not showing then
- Click on the Option tab.
- Click on the From icon in the Show Fields section to expose the From button.
- Click on the From button and select the desired generic email account. (NOTE: You must have rights to email from that account.)
- 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])
- In the Subject, put any message you want the recipient to see.
- Attach the file you want to send. (See chart below for acceptable file formats.)
- Hit Send to send the fax.
- 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 |
Adobe Acrobat / Adobe Reader | All | |
psd | Adobe PhotoShop | 3.0 and higher |
doc, docx, docm* | Microsoft Word | Windows: 95, 97, 2000, 2003, 2007 |
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, | 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 |