Fax Without the Fax Machine
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Overview
Fax is not dead — it is just moved to your inbox. In healthcare, legal, finance and government, fax remains a required communication channel for prescriptions, court documents, signed agreements and official correspondence. Summit’s Fax to Email service lets your business send and receive faxes without maintaining a fax machine, a dedicated phone line, or a toner budget.
Incoming faxes arrive as PDF attachments in your email. Outgoing faxes are sent by attaching a document to an email. Your existing fax number is ported across, so the people who fax you do not need to update their records. It is simple, affordable, and it works.
Key Benefits
No Hardware, No Maintenance
Eliminate the fax machine, the dedicated phone line, the paper, and the toner. Fax to Email runs entirely in the cloud. There is nothing to maintain, nothing to repair, and nothing that runs out on a Friday afternoon.
Keep Your Existing Fax Number
Your fax number stays the same. We port it to Summit’s network so every referral form, court cover sheet and supplier contact list remains accurate. No need to notify anyone of a number change.
Faxes in Your Inbox, Anywhere
Receive faxes as PDF attachments in your email — on your computer, tablet or phone. No more walking to the fax machine to check for incoming documents. No more faxes sitting in a tray for hours before someone notices them.
Send Faxes from Your Desk
Attach a document to an email, address it to the recipient’s fax number, and hit send. The document is delivered as a fax on the other end. No printing, no feeding pages through a machine, no busy signals.
Compliance-Ready
For industries where fax is a regulatory or practical requirement — medical referrals, prescriptions, legal filings, signed financial documents — Fax to Email keeps you compliant without the burden of legacy hardware.
Secure and Private
Faxes are delivered directly to the designated email address, not to an open tray in a shared office. Sensitive documents stay private and are stored digitally for easy, secure archiving.
How It Works
Sign Up and Port Your Number
Summit provisions your Fax to Email service and ports your existing fax number to our network. If you need a new fax number, we can provide one.
Receive Faxes
Incoming faxes are converted to PDF and delivered to your nominated email address (or multiple addresses). You receive them instantly, wherever you are.
Send Faxes
Compose an email, attach the document you want to fax, and send it to the recipient’s fax number using the Fax to Email addressing format. Summit converts it and delivers it as a standard fax.
Archive and Search
Because every fax is a PDF in your email, you automatically have a digital archive. Search, sort and store fax correspondence alongside the rest of your business communications.
Features
- Inbound Fax to Email — Incoming faxes converted to PDF and delivered to one or more email addresses
- Outbound Email to Fax — Send faxes by email with document attachments
- Number Porting — Keep your existing fax number
- New Number Provisioning — New local or national fax numbers available if needed
- Multi-Recipient Delivery — Route incoming faxes to multiple email addresses simultaneously
- PDF Format — All faxes delivered as universally compatible PDF files
- Digital Archiving — Every fax stored in your email for easy search and retrieval
- No Hardware Required — Entirely cloud-based, no fax machine or dedicated line needed
Use Cases
Medical Practices and Pharmacies
GP surgeries, specialists and pharmacies still rely on fax for referral letters, pathology results, prescriptions and inter-practice correspondence. Fax to Email keeps this channel open without a bulky machine in the consulting room, and ensures incoming faxes are seen immediately rather than sitting unnoticed in a tray.
Legal Firms
Court documents, signed agreements and inter-firm correspondence are frequently faxed in the legal profession. Fax to Email means solicitors can receive and send faxes from their desk — or from court — without returning to the office. Every fax is automatically archived as a PDF for the file.
Financial Services
Signed loan documents, authorisation forms and compliance paperwork often require fax transmission. Fax to Email lets financial advisers, brokers and accountants handle fax correspondence securely and efficiently from anywhere.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need any special software?
No. Fax to Email works with your existing email client -- Outlook, Gmail, Apple Mail, or any other email application. There is nothing to install.
Can multiple people receive the same incoming fax?
Yes. You can configure incoming faxes to be delivered to multiple email addresses simultaneously, so the right people see every fax as soon as it arrives.
What format are received faxes in?
All incoming faxes are delivered as PDF attachments, which can be opened on virtually any device.
Can I send faxes to international numbers?
Yes. Outbound faxes can be sent to both Australian and international fax numbers.
Is Fax to Email secure?
Faxes are delivered directly to your email inbox rather than printed on a shared fax machine, which improves document privacy. For additional security, we recommend using an encrypted email service.
Why Choose Summit for Fax to Email
Take the first step toward getting connected
Fill out your business details and our team will contact you with the best connectivity or communication solution for your needs.
Part of a Complete Business Communications Suite
Fax to Email integrates with your Summit voice and internet services. One provider for your internet, phone system, fax and mobile — one bill, one support team, and no gaps between providers.
Local Melbourne Support
If you ever have an issue with your fax service, you call our Melbourne-based team. Quick, knowledgeable support from people who understand the service and your business.
Simple and Affordable
Fax to Email is one of the most affordable services Summit offers. There are no complex plans to navigate — it simply works, every day, without fuss.
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