Free Inbound Faxing - Comments Page 2

Hey, I found another one http://www.k7.net -- you can receive faxes for free. Thanks

I've been a user of eFax's free service since 1999 and through two phone number changes. It worked well for me since I receive like 2 or 3 faxes a year. However, two weeks ago my service was curtailed without notice because my SPAM filter (at the ISP level) marked their 3rd party advertising emails as junk mail. And wouldn't you know it, one and a half weeks, I had a fax sent to me.

I'm not sure if my original "eFax Free" service is the same as the current "Limited" option, but check the terms to make sure you don't lose out without notice.

www.k7.net did the job for me as I only needed an incoming fax number. Thanks!

Neither K7, eFax, FaxDigits, nor JConnects are free. I cannot find any free inbound services.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Here's the link once again for the FREE eFax account: https://www.efax.com/en/efax/twa/signupFree

I just signed up for efax.com's free inbound fax service. As I'm on linux, I was concerned I wouldn't be able to view the proprietary .efx file format. But I sent a msg to efax.com cust.
service explaining my concern, and they changed my format to .tif, easy to view Linux. Professional. Their web interface
(what they call eFax Message Center) is nicely done: uncluttered and functional.

One note of caution... eFax has good service, but LOUSY support systems. God help you if you ever cancel your account, because they will NOT stop billing you. I had to contact their president TWICE about billing issues. They claimed inefficiency but it was starting to seem downright fraudulent.

So, my advice is if you use eFax, stick with the free service, and find someone else if you need a paid subscription.

I used k7 to receive faxes for several years, but a hidden caution (it IS stated in the fine print, but...) is that if you don't receive a fax within any 30-day period, they cancel your personal fax number. So, there were 2 instances when there was no occasion for incoming faxes, and it took me over a week after the 30-day period ended to find that my number wasn't mine any more. That's a big pain, since many people had my number. I even used calender reminders to make sure I sent myself a fax every 3 weeks, but forgot just once more, and there it went again.