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Internet fax, e fax, or online fax is the use of the internet and internet protocols to send a fax (facsimile), rather than using a standard telephone connection and a fax machine. A distinguishing feature of Internet fax, compared to other Internet communications such as email, is the ability to exchange fax messages with traditional telephone based fax machines.

Fax has no technical advantage over other means of sending information over the Internet, using technologies such as email, scanner, and graphics file formats; however, it is extremely simple to use: put the documents to be faxed in a hopper, dial a phone number, and press a button. Fax continues to be used over the telephone network at locations without computer and Internet facilities; and sometimes a fax of a document with a person's handwritten signature is a requirement for legal reasons. Faxes can be sent from electronic devices, often referred to as online faxing which allows faxes to be sent and received without the need for a physical fax machine. Online faxing is still popular as it allows the user to send and receive documents using a secure line without the worry of being hacked, as online faxing services use end to end encryption to protect the documents from being hacked. Fax machines have transformed into fax apps or web sites offering fax server services, but the function is still very much a viable part of business transactions.

Internet fax achieves a dramatic reduction in communication costs especially when long faxes are frequently exchanged with overseas or distant offices. Since there is no telephone connection charge when sending a fax over the Internet, the cost of sending faxes is covered entirely by the fixed line Internet connection fee. The recipient can either use a fax machine or an internet fax service to receive faxes sent via the internet fax method. Hardcopy is converted to TIFF or PDF data and attached to an e mail in MIME format. Then, taking advantage of a connection to the office LAN, data is sent via TCP/IP directly to any Internet Fax on the intranet or Internet. Because they make use of TCP/IP, Internet Faxes do not incur long distance transmission costs and reception is verifiable.

IP fax is frequently confused with Internet fax, though IP fax transmits data over an office intranet from a networked multi functional device to the IP address of another. Taking advantage of an established LAN/WAN infrastructure, IP fax reduces or eliminates costly connection and transmission fees. T.38 is a commonly used and recommended transmission standard for IP fax. Also, IP fax does not require a dedicated server or make use of the office mail server. IP Address Relay forwards to a multi functional device for relaying to a local G3 fax machine.

In this method, smartphones are used to send and receive fax without the need to have any landline phone or any extra hardware. There are several fax applications (for both Android and iOS) that handle the mobile based faxing. Users must install an app on their smartphones or smartwatches and have an active subscription to an online fax service provider. The phone's camera is used as a scanner to scan documents or the user uploads documents to the service from the device which the service sends as a fax. Some providers also offer the option to get a dedicated fax number and receive faxes on this number.