The e-post brief existed for a long time but is usually used by companies sending you spam per Mail. Usually everyone has a printer or at least paper at home to write a letter themselves.
It also doesn’t work with signatures, as a printed signature isn’t valid at all, only a handwritten one counts. So you can’t send a signed document like this, which is the biggest use case.
I use it all the time if I need to send something official with snail mail. I will just attach the letter via PDF they print it and mail it. Works pretty good.
Also when I need to send something signed, I will either just scan the document and then upload it there via pdf or sign electronically. Never had any issue with that procedure. From my bank to the Standesamt everyone accepted it 🤷🏼♀️
I didn’t actually “use” it personally but I have programmed the interface in our own Software that sends files to the service in order to send them via mail.
So we as a companie use it and I honestly think that it is its main purpose
Oh… Thank you Op. I don´t send a lot of letters, so I don´t have a printer. So everytime, I have to go outside to print and send the letter. This is really helpful as I didn´t know about it.
I’ve used a similar service called “eBrief” by Pin AG. Everything worked as expected.
If I remember correctly, Deutsche Post verifies your ID card which may takes a while before you can use the service. Pin doesn’t do this and is a bit cheaper, so I chose them.
Used it several times, it works pretty well I had to send pretty much the same letter to several people.
You can choose the type of service, for example with signature of the receiver, all just by sitting in your couch.
But does it accept Fax? ^(/s)
OP thank you for posting this. I’m sure it will be of great use for me.
Does it work internationally? I have a distant relative I was planning on mailing a letter to.
Can you share the link for it?
what’s the link for this service?
Similarly, the Austrian post office has an [app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.post.postkarte) to send postcards with your own selected images. Theoretically you can use it in Germany too. I don’t think postage changes that much if you send it to an address outside of Austria.
we are using it the other way around, they scan our Mail and upload to their Internet Portal, so we can download them as PDF.
It looks like a good solution to a problem that shouldn’t exist, but alas, does.
I’ve used [simple-fax.de](https://simple-fax.de) for sending a fax. They also can send snail-mails. Never used this for printed mail.
All the time, it’s a really great feature! Every time I have to sign official documents and the like: Copy signature into pdf, attach to letter and send.
Tried to do that last week. Their sign up process is ridiculous so I gave up.
Peak germaneness. Love it.
It’s just for German people sending mail inside Germany I suppose?
Yoooo for real?
I use a company called LetterXPress. Works fine too, I use it all the time, same thing, PDF with printed signature.
EDIT: Quirk of the German law system- if in some event the printed signature were to be rejected, all you need to do is re-send by fax. *That* is considered an original document because most of the judges and prosecutors offices in Germany would grind to a halt without it. They were really technologically advanced in the 80s, jumped on the bandwagon, and then they just stayed there. So no luck for email or any kind of official cryptographic signing that would be usable in any way. But they did eventually hand down a judgement that rules “Computerfax” is fine, it doesn’t need to be an analog fax machine. So if you send something by e-mail it will often be accepted, but there is no obligation to- you send that same PDF with a fax service, then everyone in Germany is obliged to consider it a properly signed document. I use [simple-fax.de](https://simple-fax.de) a lot- it doesn’t really matter in the end, it’s no harder than writing an email, but it’s funny as heck.
No but did you know you can get the DHL Delivery Person, when they bring you a parcel, to take yours if you got a QR code for a label / have the label? GAME CHANGER
thats actually pretty good for these antiquated and predatory services that need you to send a letter to quitting your subscription or membership
Is similar service available in Commerzbank?
Sounds like email with extra steps
Wow
You can send and receive fax (incl automatic transmission to your email) with your AVM Fritz!Box.
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The e-post brief existed for a long time but is usually used by companies sending you spam per Mail. Usually everyone has a printer or at least paper at home to write a letter themselves.
It also doesn’t work with signatures, as a printed signature isn’t valid at all, only a handwritten one counts. So you can’t send a signed document like this, which is the biggest use case.
I use it all the time if I need to send something official with snail mail. I will just attach the letter via PDF they print it and mail it. Works pretty good.
Also when I need to send something signed, I will either just scan the document and then upload it there via pdf or sign electronically. Never had any issue with that procedure. From my bank to the Standesamt everyone accepted it 🤷🏼♀️
I didn’t actually “use” it personally but I have programmed the interface in our own Software that sends files to the service in order to send them via mail.
So we as a companie use it and I honestly think that it is its main purpose
Oh… Thank you Op. I don´t send a lot of letters, so I don´t have a printer. So everytime, I have to go outside to print and send the letter. This is really helpful as I didn´t know about it.
I’ve used a similar service called “eBrief” by Pin AG. Everything worked as expected.
If I remember correctly, Deutsche Post verifies your ID card which may takes a while before you can use the service. Pin doesn’t do this and is a bit cheaper, so I chose them.
Used it several times, it works pretty well I had to send pretty much the same letter to several people.
You can choose the type of service, for example with signature of the receiver, all just by sitting in your couch.
But does it accept Fax? ^(/s)
OP thank you for posting this. I’m sure it will be of great use for me.
Does it work internationally? I have a distant relative I was planning on mailing a letter to.
Can you share the link for it?
what’s the link for this service?
Similarly, the Austrian post office has an [app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=at.post.postkarte) to send postcards with your own selected images. Theoretically you can use it in Germany too. I don’t think postage changes that much if you send it to an address outside of Austria.
we are using it the other way around, they scan our Mail and upload to their Internet Portal, so we can download them as PDF.
It looks like a good solution to a problem that shouldn’t exist, but alas, does.
I’ve used [simple-fax.de](https://simple-fax.de) for sending a fax. They also can send snail-mails. Never used this for printed mail.
All the time, it’s a really great feature! Every time I have to sign official documents and the like: Copy signature into pdf, attach to letter and send.
Tried to do that last week. Their sign up process is ridiculous so I gave up.
Peak germaneness. Love it.
It’s just for German people sending mail inside Germany I suppose?
Yoooo for real?
I use a company called LetterXPress. Works fine too, I use it all the time, same thing, PDF with printed signature.
EDIT: Quirk of the German law system- if in some event the printed signature were to be rejected, all you need to do is re-send by fax. *That* is considered an original document because most of the judges and prosecutors offices in Germany would grind to a halt without it. They were really technologically advanced in the 80s, jumped on the bandwagon, and then they just stayed there. So no luck for email or any kind of official cryptographic signing that would be usable in any way. But they did eventually hand down a judgement that rules “Computerfax” is fine, it doesn’t need to be an analog fax machine. So if you send something by e-mail it will often be accepted, but there is no obligation to- you send that same PDF with a fax service, then everyone in Germany is obliged to consider it a properly signed document. I use [simple-fax.de](https://simple-fax.de) a lot- it doesn’t really matter in the end, it’s no harder than writing an email, but it’s funny as heck.
No but did you know you can get the DHL Delivery Person, when they bring you a parcel, to take yours if you got a QR code for a label / have the label? GAME CHANGER
thats actually pretty good for these antiquated and predatory services that need you to send a letter to quitting your subscription or membership
Is similar service available in Commerzbank?
Sounds like email with extra steps
Wow
You can send and receive fax (incl automatic transmission to your email) with your AVM Fritz!Box.
Wow, never knew!