IST provides a fax service for faculty and staff to send and receive faxes without having a dedicated fax phone line.
Send a fax with the central fax service using your University of Waterloo email
6<fax number>@fax.uwaterloo.ca (where <fax number> is the actual fax number) e.g. 65198884007@fax.uwaterloo.ca
For long distance faxes you need the “1” digit e.g. 61<fax number>@fax.uwaterloo.ca
For international calls you need the “011” prefix e.g. 6011<fax number>@fax.uwaterloo.ca
Send an email with optional attachments (supported attachment types: HTML, PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, WPD, RTF, TXT, PS, GIF, JPG, BMP, TIFF)
You will receive a confirmation email a few minutes after sending
Select the email icon from the home screen
Enter the fax number after "To:"
6<fax number>@fax.uwaterloo.ca (where <fax number> is the actual fax number) e.g. 65198884007@fax.uwaterloo.ca
For long distance faxes you need the “1” digit e.g. 61<fax number>@fax.uwaterloo.ca
For international calls you need the “011” prefix e.g. 6011<fax number>@fax.uwaterloo.ca
Select "Enter"
Select "Send"
You will receive a printed confirmation a few minutes after sending
If you require a dedicated fax line or would like a fax line configured to email please have your department administrator submit a request ticket to enable this service.
Incoming faxes can go directly to a dedicated fax number via an email address. If incoming faxes are to be directed to an email address, you must set up a general email account that would be monitored by one or more people.
Have a fax number that can be directed to a dedicated email address or department fax machine
Please check with your department administrator for the fax number and instructions
If you require a dedicated fax line or would like a fax line configured to email please have your department administrator submit a request ticket to enable this service.
Alternatively, the University’s Central Stores department provides a fax service. For more information please see their website: https://uwaterloo.ca/central-stores/fax-service
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