FAQ Online services

FAQ AllesPost®

Online services

Click here to order AllesPost® for a year.
Use AllesPost® to decide who will deliver your parcels.
When you shop online, you usually do not get to choose the shipping company that the online shop uses. With AllesPost®, you will receive all items from Österreichische Post at the quality level you are used to, no matter which parcel service was originally used to send you item.
 

AllesPost® gives you the option of receiving all your parcels from Österreichische Post, no matter the service provider the sender chooses. Your benefits:

  • All parcels from a single provider
  • Benefit from convenient Österreichische Post services for your parcels, including parcel forwarding, release delivery authorisation, etc.
  • Delivery by Österreichische Post as usual
 
If you purchase the AllesPost® service, we will send you a special AllesPost® address. You can then use this address as your delivery address for receiving merchandise, e.g., from online shops. Österreichische Post will receive your parcels at the AllesPost® address from other providers and will then deliver them to you.

This service can be used for all merchandise.

The following exceptions apply:

  • Items that are too large: maximum length 200 cm and maximum girth 360 cm (= length + circumference) 
  • Items that are too heavy: maximum 31.5 kg
  • Declared value higher than EUR 510
  • Items that include payments to the delivery person (cash-on-delivery, customs, etc.)
  • Items with hazardous goods (see our GTC  for sending hazardous goods)
  • Registered mail
  • Items that the sender must receive personally (e.g., mobile phones with a contract that needs to be signed)

Items with one or several of the characteristics mentioned above, advertising mail (e.g., catalogues) as well as damaged items will not be received.

Please note: AllesPost® has exclusively been created for receiving merchandise. Therefore, your AllesPost® address may only be used as a delivery address. It may not be used as an invoicing address or delivery address for letter mail.

Please note: use your AllesPost® address only if your item is not time-sensitive. There might be delivery delays (please see "Will I receive my items just as swiftly if I have them sent to my AllesPost® address?")

  • 3-month subscription: EUR 14.90 including VAT following the fair use principle
  • 12-month subscription: EUR 39.90 including VAT following the fair use principle

First-time clients can now try AllesPost® free of charge. To benefit from this offer, please go to allespost.at to request a coupon code for a free 3-month subscription. 

The fair use principle means that you can use AllesPost®

  • for a maximum of 10 items if you have a 3-month subscription
  • for a maximum of 40 items if you have a 12-month  subscription. 
Please make sure you do not exceed these limits.

Fair use means that the AllesPost® address cannot be used for an unlimited amount of merchandise shipments. As a matter of course, it is up to you to decide the items for which you would like to use AllesPost®. Please make sure you do not exceed the following limits:

  • 3-month subscription: 10 items maximum
  • 12-month subscription: 40 items maximum

In the case of misuse, we reserve the right to cancel your AllesPost® subscription.

 
No. As a matter of course, it is up to you to decide which items you would like to have delivered to your AllesPost® address.
The shipping company will deliver your AllesPost® items to your AllesPost® address and Österreichische Post will deliver them to you. This process might result in a delivery delay of 1 day or a maximum of 2 days.
AllesPost® is available for all known Austrian addresses and can only be ordered online.

A known address is any address for which you will receive a suggestion after entering it in the "My data" field.

Please note: it might take a while until new addresses, e.g., addresses in a new building, are listed in the system.
 
AllesPost® can only be used for domestic addresses. It also needs to be a valid and known address (see "Where is AllesPost® available?" ). Please follow the instructions provided in the error message and start by going to "My data" to make sure you have entered the correct address.
One of the greatest benefits of AllesPost® is that you can combine it with all our online services. Finally, thanks to an AllesPost® subscription, you will be able to benefit from all our convenient delivery services for your orders. For an overview, please visit post.at/meinpaket.
Can I use the forwarding service for items addressed to my AllesPost® address?
Your AllesPost® address can be used for all mail-order companies. In exceptional cases, some mail-order companies might not support this service. In that case, please contact the mail-order company in question.
You can renew your AllesPost® subscription at any time within one month before its expiration. We will e-mail you about this ahead of time. If you decide not to renew your subscription, please make sure to remove your AllesPost® address on all online platforms before the subscription expires. After your subscription expires, items sent to your AllesPost® address will no longer be delivered.

Absolutely. You can cancel your subscription whenever you like. But please note that 
there is no need to cancel your AllesPost® subscription. 

  • If you no longer want to use this service, all you have to do is stop using your AllesPost® address as your delivery address.
  • After cancelling your AllesPost subscription, make sure you remove your AllesPost® address as the delivery address for all senders. If you cancel your subscription, we will no longer deliver items to your AllesPost® address.
  • You always have the option of getting a new subscription after you have cancelled this service.
 
If you have provided your AllesPost® address as your delivery address, the shipping company will deliver it to this delivery address. In this case, the delivery address is your AllesPost® address which we use to get your items to you according to your specifications.

We will e-mail you your AllesPost® address along with important information about how to use it. Any deviation might result in our not being able to match your items to you and we would not be able to deliver them correctly. Against this background, please follow the instructions below:

Your AllesPost® ID for correctly matching your items to you. Therefore, please enter this information in an appropriate field of the delivery address, e.g., "company", "additional address line", "c/o", "address 2", etc. The name of the field will vary depending on the online shop. If such a field does not exist, you have two options:

  • Some online shops allow you to use the "street number" field for the street number and the door number together and the "staircase/door" can be used for your AllesPost® ID.
  • Use the field "title".
  • If you do not see an appropriate field, please enter the AllesPost® ID into the name field before your first name.

If entering the street and door number using the "1/1" format is not allowed, please use "1 door 1" format.

 

"There are some items that Österreichische Post cannot process and can therefore not accept (see "For what items can I use this service?).

You can update your name and address information at any time by going to the "My data" section. This might result in a change to your AllesPost® address because this address is automatically adapted to match your new data. In such a case, we will automatically send you an e-mail with your new AllesPost® address. Please make sure you provide this new address to all senders.

Please note: clients who have already provided a proof of identity can only change their name via our Österreichische Post customer service centre.
 
Your AllesPost® address is inherently associated with your name and address. When this information changes, you might need a new AllesPost® address. In exceptional cases, we might have to change your AllesPost® address for organizational reasons. If your AllesPost® address changes, please make sure to update it for all online shops.
You cannot post return items from third-party providers at Österreichische Post. This is also true for items delivered by Österreichische Post through the AllesPost® service. Please use the return label provided by the sender and follow the instructions provided.
It an item from a third-party provider delivered through AllesPost® needs to be returned to the sender (e.g., because the recipient refused to receive it, because the item was not picked up, etc.), we have to rely on your providing us the correct return address. Until then, we will hold the item in our storage facility. As a matter of course, we will e-mail you to let you know.

If the item includes a return label, we will send it directly back to the sender. If this is not the case, we have to rely on your getting in touch with our Österreichische Post customer service centre and providing a European address (excluding overseas territories and areas that are not part of the EU customs and fiscal area such as Greenland, the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, the Channel Islands, etc.) for returning it to the sender. We will not charge you for this.
 

It is up to you to decide what we should do with your item. You have the following options:

  • Return to sender: if you would like to use this option, please provide a correct return address (see "Are returns possible with an AllesPost® subscription?")
  • We will charge for delivery to any valid address in Austria.

In that case, please contact our Österreichische Post customer service centre to let us know it is an AllesPost® item:

 

FAQ Registering

Online services

Our Österreichische Post online services are available to all private clients and selected services are available to business clients.

We use a highly secure registration process to comply with the high security standard we use for our Österreichische Post online services.
After you have entered your data into the online form, all you have to do is prove your identity at any of our postal branches with a valid photo ID and a printout of your registration data.
 
As a registered client, you will have easy and convenient access to all offerings of our online shop from the comfort of your home. This will save you time and money and a trip to the postal branch. However, to be able to use our online services, we need you to prove your identity once at one of our postal branches.
Registration is easy and quick. To register, please go to login/registration and enter your personal data in the fields. As a next step, you can prove your identity at a postal branch of your choice.
  • Private persons
  • Business clients
 
To avoid misuse, you will need to prove your identity once with an official photo ID and your customer number.
You can register up to 4 roommates. Please note that you need to be authorised to register your roommates.
We will send you your customer number after you have successfully registered online.
You can update your address anytime by going to the "address" section.

FAQ identification

Online services

  • Private persons
    Complete your registration form and take it to the postal branch of your choice along with an official photo ID. We will check your ID data and will immediately give you access to our online services.
    or
    use the mobile phone signature to prove your identity

  • Business clients
    To be able to prove your identity as a business client, you need to be registered as a commercial client in an official register (company register, commercial register etc.) When you come to your postal branch, please have your valid picture ID and the register excerpt handy.
 

To prove your identity for your Post Online account, you can also go through our Österreichische Post customer service centre:

  • Open an account on post.at 
  • Complete the contact form 
  • Our Österreichische Post customer service will review your documents, verify your identity, and get in touch with you via e-mail 
  • Clients can then use and pay for online services, e.g., redirections. on post.at

For additional information and other identification options, please click here.

 
The mobile phone signature is the modern version of the Austrian citizen card. To use the mobile phone signature, all you need is a registered mobile phone and an official photo ID. For detailed information about getting access to the mobile phone signature, please see the web sites below:

Citizen card

Mobile phone signature

After you have received access to the mobile phone signature, you can prove your identity for Österreichische Post online services from the comfort of your home.
 
During the identification process at Österreichische Post via the mobile phone signature, the access data you have entered is compared to the access data for the mobile phone signature. If the information is a match, you will receive access to our online services as well.
If you have already signed up for the mobile phone signature, you can obtain basic access data via the following web site: 

https://www.handy-signatur.at/PortalHandySignatur/

All you have to do is sign in once using your mobile phone signature. Use the log-in field on the right side. We will then check these data against your master data.
 

FAQ Online identification

Online services

Online identification means that we will verify your identity via video chat. To do this, you will need a valid ID. The identification process will take approximately 4 to 5 minutes. This service is free of charge.
During the online identification process, you will be entrusting WebID Solutions GmbH with verifying your identity via video chat. Therefore, you will need to accept the GTC and the data protection policy of WebID Solutions GmbH.
After your identity has been successfully verified online, you will be able to use all Post/on services by Österreichische Post immediately.
 
The company WebID Solutions GmbH is based in Germany and is the leading provider of legally compliant identity verification via video chat.
  1. You will need a device (e.g., a computer, laptop, or tablet) with an internal or external webcam (camera) and microphone
  2. An Internet browser that supports WebRTC (a protocol for secure video transmission). Once you start the online identity verification process, you will automatically be informed if your browser has the required specifications.
  3. A stable Internet connection
 
Please sign in to your Post/on account by going to www.post.at/login and click on identification (e.g., in the "my data" section). Then, please choose the identification option "online identification".
  1. Choose identification via your Internet browser.
  2. Enter your mobile phone number to receive the TAN (transaction number). Confirm that you have a valid ID handy and accept the GTC and data protection policy of WebID Solution GmbH.
  3. Start the video chat and tell the employee of WebID the transaction number you have received. He or she will guide you through the online identity verification process.
  4. To prove your identity, you must show him or her your ID. A picture will be taken of your face and of your ID.
  5. You will then receive a TAN via text message. Enter the TAN into the dedicated field and click on the "Confirm TAN" button.
  6. This concludes your online identity verification process.
 
You can use a valid personal identity card (credit-card size) or a valid passport.
No, the online identity verification process is only possible with a valid ID.

An Internet browser that supports WebRTC is required; this is needed for the secure and encrypted video transmission. Among others, you can use

If you use the Safari browser, you will have to download a WebRTC plugin.

  • Have one of the employees of WebIT send you a new TAN.
  • If you cannot enter the new TAN either: try deactivating Javascript in your browser. As an alternative, send an e-mail to service@webid-solutions.de.
 
  • Transmission rate: Use this speed test to check your transmission rate. Ideally, it is 500 Kbit/s or more. Try stopping any active downloads or uploads as well as automated updates or any active Bittorent client (e.g., file sharing), e.g., by using the Windows task manager.
  • Indirect connection: This might be a restrictive firewall that is routed between two computers via an intermediate station. This affects the transmission rate.
  • Light conditions: Make sure you are in a brightly lit room during the video chat. Ideally, you will have a source of light behind you.
  • If your webcam is connected to your device via USB: Remove all devices that you are not using at this time. As an alternative, try using a different USB port for your webcam. If your webcam is connected to a USB hub, it might help to connect it directly to your computer's USB port.
  • Firewall or virus scanner: Adjust your settings, if necessary.
Österreichische Post will store your proof of identity on a server in Austria.

WebID stores data exclusively on servers in Germany. They use an encryption procedure for added security.
 
  • When starting the video chat, you agree to Österreichische Post's sharing some of your data (title, first name, last name, mobile phone number, IP address, date of birth) with WebID. To be able to use the online identity verification process, you have to accept WebID's GTC and data protection policy.
  • WebID will use the received data once for identification purposes. WebID will store data collected during the online identity verification process (e.g., headshot, picture of the ID) pursuant to the company's GTC. You can object to this data storage via e-mail.
  • WebID will forward identity-related data collected during the identity verification process to Österreichische Post. We will store these data as a proof of identity for as long as you have an Post/on account.
 

WebID guarantees that your data are secure by using an encryption procedure that meets the highest technical standards. This makes sure that your personal data are fully encrypted:

  • during data transmission from Österreichische Post AG to WebID
  • when editing them during the identification process
  • when saving the data
  • when forwarding identification data to Österreichische Post AG

 
Yes. If you partially or fully revoke your consent to the collection, processing, and use of your identification data with future effect, WebID will block your data to the extent requested by you for any later use and will delete them immediately after the statutory storage period is over. To do that, please send an e-mail to service@webid-solutions.de.
Yes, you can delete your Post/on account anytime. To do that, please log on to sign in to www.post.at and go to "My data" and click on "Delete registration".

FAQ Login

Online services

The user name will be the e-mail address provided by you when you signed up. To sign in, please enter your user name and password on the login page.
After you signed up, we went you an e-mail with your security PIN. You need this security PIN only if you forget your password. Just click on forgot password and enter your user name and PIN.
You will then get the option of entering a new password.
 
If there are several invalid login attempts in a short period of time, the login process will be blocked for 5 minutes. After that, you can once again perform the login.

FAQ Products and services

Online services

The following services are currently available:

  • Redirections
  • Authorizations to receive mail
  • Pickup at preferred postal branch
  • Vacation hold mail
  • Notice of absence (on-site absence)
  • PO boxes
  • Release delivery authorisation
  • Parcel stamps

FAQ E-letter

Online services

Go to the login area, click on forgot password and enter your user name. You will shortly receive an e-mail with a link to restore access to your account.

 
Your e-mail address is also your user name. If you forgot it, please go to www.post.at and click on the field "forgot user name".
Some e-mail clients do not recognize online addresses with line breaks as URLs and display them as normal text. To solve this problem, Mozilla Thunderbird offers an add-on for download.

Sign in to www.post.at and go to "My profile" to see your data.

The reasons for this might be the following: you might have a new e-mail address and have not updated it in the e-letter settings.
Or the sender address of Österreichiche Post AG is considered spam.
 
Please register on  www.post.at and sign in with your login data at e-brief.at to request an activation code.
You will receive a letter with an activation code. Please enter this code on the web site. This will confirm your address and your e-letter letterbox will be ready to receive mail. You will then receive items from the companies you have selected in digital format.
As an existing Post/on client, the e-letterbox is part of your Post account. After you have signed in, you will see if your e-letterbox is ready to receive mail.
 
Go to e-brief.at to sign in and enter your activation code. Your e-letterbox will then be ready to receive mail.

Österreichische Post app


How to confirm your address in the Österreichische Post app: choose the menu item "E-Brief" and sign in with your Post account data. Under address confirmation, please enter your activation code for the address provided by you.
 
Your e-letterbox can hold up to 500 items. You can delete items as needed. They will remain in your letterbox until you delete them.
No. We do not deliver official RSa and RSb letters to your e-letterbox because this is not permitted by law.
Go to oestereich.gv.at to activate the government delivery service.
 
No. Your e-letterbox will be free of unaddressed advertising.
No. The e-letter service is free of charge for recipients.
No. We do not scan e-letters. Such letters and invoices from companies are sent to Österreichische Post electronically. We then check the delivery option chosen by the client. Items are either delivered to clients digitally as e-letters to their e-letterbox or as traditional letters to their letterbox.
No. E-letters are not e-mails. These items, e.g., documents, contracts, or invoices, are sent electronically to Österreichische Post and are then delivered as e-letters to your e-letterbox.

In addition to being convenient and swift, e-letters come with another decisive benefit: security. Sending sensitive documents or recipient data via e-mail is not a secure process. For e-letters, this information is deposited on a secure portal, a so-called e-letterbox.
 
E-letters are PDFs that you can download anytime you choose.
Go to e-brief.at to sign in. Under user name, click on "Personal information". Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click on "Deactivate delivery".

You will no longer receive digital items in your e-letterbox. However, you will still have access to e-letters that are already in your e-letterbox.
 
No. You can decide for every company if you would like to receive their items digitally, i.e., as e-letters or as traditional letters. Please note that you can only receive e-letters from companies that are connected to this system.
In the sender list, you can choose from which companies you would like to receive e-letters or traditional letters. For all senders, the default option is e-letter.

If you would like to receive traditional letters, please choose the sender, go to "edit" and uncheck the box that says "delivery to e-letterbox". Click on "save" and you will start receiving your items as traditional letters from this specific sender.

On the list, the sender name will appear gray and not black.
 
Yes. In the basic settings, delivery as e-letter is the default option for all senders.

You can go to the sender list to change the delivery option to traditional letters for specific senders.
 
More and more companies are using the e-letter option and the sender list is growing. To see an updated list of all available senders, please see the menu item "Senders" in your e-letterbox.
Companies will send letters (e.g., contracts or invoices) to Österreichische Post electronically. These items are then either delivered to the e-postbox in digital format as e-letters or as traditional letters to your letterbox.
While the transmission of sensitive documents and addressee data is not secure when using e-mails, the e-letter service deposits such data in a security-approved portal, the e-postbox. 

FAQ E-notifications

Online services

E-notifications are the electronic alternative to yellow notifications in your letterbox. They are used when your parcel is taken to a postal branch or pickup station. Just like the yellow notification, e-notifications allow you to pick up your parcel with a picture ID.
  1. You can go directly to your postal branch/pickup station to pick up your parcel without having to make a detour to your home to pick up the yellow notification.
  2. You will always know immediately if a parcel is ready for pickup at a postal branch or pickup station.
  3. Your e-notifications will be with you at all times on your smartphone.
 
E-notifications are free of charge.

There are two options for e-notifications:

  • via e-mail
    In this case, we will send the notification to the e-mail address you provided for your Post account.
  • via the Österreichische Post app
    All e-notifications will be displayed in the Österreichische Post app under "My items". You can also go to the settings of your Österreichische Post app to activate push notifications about status changes.
 
You can change your e-notification settings anytime by clicking here.
If you have already installed the Österreichische Post app on your smartphone, you can activate e-notifications for it anytime by clicking here.

To download the Österreichische Post app, please click here.
 
After the activation, it might take up to 24 hours for the e-notification service to be available for use.
Yes. In addition to an e-notification, you will also receive the yellow notification you are familiar with, which will be placed in your letterbox as usual. You can use this yellow notification to pick up your parcels as you have done in the past. If you no longer need the yellow notification for pickup, you can dispose of it.
Yes. If you activate the e-notification option, you can use either the e-notification or the yellow notification to pick up your parcels from the postal branch or pickup station.
No, all you need is your e-notification in electronic format on your smartphone.
You can always forward the e-notification to a person you trust, thereby giving them the authorisation to pick up your parcel. For pickups at postal branches, an official photo ID is required.
Our e-notification lets you pick up your parcels from your postal branch/pickup station. This is why we only send e-notifications to the actual recipient of the item in question.
For this purpose, we need to check the data in your Post account (name, address, e-mail and mobile phone number) against the sender data. This allows us to match all parcels to the correct persons and send them the e-notification.
 
We need to check the data in your Österreichische Post account against the sender data so that we can match the parcels to the correct recipients. If the data sets match, an e-notification will be sent.
Many senders send us item-related data electronically (name and address or more) to ensure correct and swift delivery. This information is used only for delivering your item and will not be shared with third parties.
You will receive an e-notification for all parcels for which the data crosscheck was positive (see "Why is the data crosscheck necessary?"). To do that, we need the sender data. This is usually not necessary for parcels posted by private clients unless the parcel was posted using an online parcel stamp. 
Yes, you can also use the e-notification service without the Österreichische Post app. In addition to using the Österreichische Post app, you also have the option of receiving e-notifications via e-mail. To see the e-mail currently used by the system, please go to the post.at customer area and check under "My data."
Many senders submit sender data for parcels only. However, this information is a prerequisite for e-notifications (name and address at the least).

FAQ Collection service

Online services

You can order our collection service until 11:59 p.m. for the following business day.
However, having an Österreichische Post account offers many benefits. Among others, it allows you to save information for future orders.
Our collection service is only available for items for which postage has been paid. Buy a parcel stamp online or use a return label.
Have your items picked up as per your request. This service is inexpensive and convenient. We will pick up your parcels on the following business day.
Our collection hours are Monday through Friday (business days only). When placing your order on post.at/abholservice you will see the time slot in which we will collect your mail. Please request the collection on the previous day before 11:59 p.m. for collection on the following day (e.g., request it on Monday for collection on Tuesday).
Our collection service is available anywhere in Austria. As a collection address, you can choose the main or secondary address registered in your Österreichische Post account or a new address.
Private clients can go to post.at/abholservice to request collection for up to 3 items per day. There is no need to have an Österreichische Post account to request our collection service. An account with Österreichische Post has many advantages, such as saving information for future orders.
This service costs EUR 2.50 per collection (for up to 3 items). You can be sure that your items will be collected on the following business day (Monday through Friday).
Currently, our collection service can be requested on post.at/p/a/abholservice. We are working on offering this service via the Österreichische Post app as well. Clients with an Österreichische Post account will receive information via e-mail.

We will collect the following:

  • Items franked with parcel stamps
  • Return parcels to mail-order companies with return labels
  • Hermes return items with return labels
 
Unfortunately, our collection service cannot be changed or cancelled.
Österreichische Post will e-mail an order confirmation. After we have collected your items, you will receive an e-mail notification with detailed information, e.g., the tracking number for the collected item.
In case we were unable to collect your items (e.g., if there was no item to collect, if nobody was home or if the address was incorrect), we will also e-mail you a notification.
 

FAQ Parcel forwarding

Online services

This service is free of charge. Just order it to have your parcels conveniently forwarded to the desired delivery address.
This is a great option for those who work full time or are rarely home. You get to decide to which pick-up kiosk or postal branches your parcels will be delivered. This could be a postal branch close to where you work, on your way home or a pick-up kiosk that is open 24/7. This service is also available in a different province, e.g., if you live in Mödling, you can pick up your parcels in Vienna.

Instead of the “yellow notification“, you will be notified electronically and your parcel will be ready for pick-up immediately.
  1. You can decide where you would like to receive your parcel in case you are not home at the time of delivery.
  2. Use our preferred delivery day to have it delivered on the day of your choice.
  3. We will send you an e-mail or a push message to let you know when your parcel has been delivered.
  4. This e-mail or push message entitles you to pick up the parcel without the yellow notification.
 
Use our branch locator to find the most convenient preferred service pick-up kiosk or preferred postal branch for any address.
You can post them at all postal branches and at all Österreichische Post Partners.

Choose from the following options:

  • Service location/partners/shop (postal branch, Post Partner or Hermes PaketShop)
  • Pickup station
  • Preferred location (in your building)
  • Preferred neighbour
  • Preferred day (reschedule delivery by a maximum of 5 business days)

Choose any postal branch, Post Partner, Hermes PaketShop or pickup station in Austria.

 
Yes. As soon as your parcel has been forwarded and delivered as requested, we will let you know via e-mail or push message. If you have chosen a postal branch/partner/shop or a pickup station, this e-mail or push message will entitle you to pick up your parcel at that location.
You can choose to forward your parcel until the status says "delivery in process".
While the delivery person is on his or her way, your available options are preferred location in your building or preferred neighbour.
Exception: Due to logistics, if your parcel's status is "in transit", the parcel forwarding service is not available between 4:00 and 9:00 a.m.
Please note: Our delivery staff's routes affect parcel forwarding nationwide.
 
If delivery is in process for your parcel, you have the option of selecting a preferred location or a preferred neighbour.

Items with the following additional services can only be forwarded to an Österreichische Post service location (postal branches and Post Partners):

  • Personal delivery
  • Cash-on-delivery
  • Insured items

If all boxes in the pickup station are taken or if the item is too big, we will hold your parcel at the closest Österreichische Post service location.

Items for which the sender has provided incomplete name and address information can only be forwarded to destinations on the delivery person's route. In this case, forwarding to a Hermes PaketShop is not possible.

 

There might be 3 reasons for this:

 

  1. The selection depends on the pre-defined time window for each option (see "Until when can I choose to forward my parcel")
  2. Some additional services exclude specific options. For example, cash-on-delivery items have to be accepted personally because the amount due needs to be paid. Therefore, such items can only be forwarded to postal branches or Post Partners.
  3. In your account with Österreichische Post, we need more information to be able to provide the service.
 
You can forward your parcels to postal branches/partners/shops anywhere in Austria. You can choose from all postal branches, Post Partners, Hermes PaketShops and pickup stations throughout the country. This allows you to have your items delivered to you as needed.
No, because you can only forward parcels for which the sender has provided electronic data (your name or more). We need this information to match the parcel to the correct recipient.
Choose the "preferred day" option to reschedule delivery by up to 5 business days, if needed.
You can choose your preferred delivery day as soon as the status says "in transit".
You can choose your preferred day until 4:00 a.m. of the scheduled delivery day. If your item is not delivered on the scheduled day, the "preferred day" option will once again be available from 9:00 a.m.
Yes. To change or cancel parcel forwarding after requesting it, the same time window as for the request applies (see "Until when can I choose to forward my parcel?“).
To change or cancel parcel forwarding after requesting it, the same time window as for the request applies (see "Until when can I choose to forward my parcel?“).
No, if you select parcel forwarding, it will apply to a specific parcel only. All other parcels will be delivered to the indicated delivery address as usual.
If you would like to forward all parcels using the same option, please go to  https://secure.post.at/online-services/services/paketumleitung to request permanent parcel forwarding. 
 
If you are the item's recipient and if you have received the tracking number from the sender, you are entitled to forward the parcel.
Usually, you will receive your items as swiftly as non-forwarded parcels. Please note that in some cases, delivery might take 1 to 2 days longer if the parcel has to be handed over to a different delivery person as a result of the forwarding request. In the case of EMS items, the money-back guarantee does not apply. You can go to mail tracking  to follow your parcel's status at any time.
Yes. You can have your parcel forwarded even if you have a release delivery authorisation. You need to suspend the release delivery authorisation for the parcel in question.
You have to sign up for this service so that Österreichische Post can meet its high security standards. After signing up, you will also have the option of saving parcels and editing them.
For anonymous delivery options such as "preferred location" or "pickup station", we need to verify your identity for security reasons.
To see your forwarded and saved parcels, please go to the "My items" section.

FAQ redirection

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Please keep in mind that it takes 3 business days for a redirection to take effect.
Yes, items will be subject to postage as defined in our product and rate overview for domestic letter mail.
No, since setting up a letter-mail redirection is a prerequisite for having parcels and Post Express (previously EMS) items redirected. You cannot set up a redirection for parcels and Post Express items only.
Setting up a letter-mail redirection is a prerequisite for having parcels and Post Express (previously EMS) items redirected. You cannot set up a redirection for parcels and Post Express items only.
If your address changes, e.g., when you move or because of a temporary absence, you can set up a redirection to have Österreichische Post redirect your mail to your new address. Please note that some types of items cannot be redirected. For detailed information, please see our GTC Redirections.
Registered and non-registered items without special treatment
  • Daily newspapers
  • Weekly newspapers
  • Monthly publications
  • Sponsoring Post items
  • Regional publications
  • Plus.Zeitung newspapers
  • Company newspapers
  • Official letters with advice of receipt (RSa and RSb letters)
  • Registered domestic mail with additional services: deliver to addressee in person, advice of receipt
  • Letter mail from abroad with the additional service "insured value"
  • Info.Mail items
  • Info.Post items
  • Response items and items that do not have any postage or insufficient postage
  • Parcels
  • Express items (EMS)
Österreichische Post will return these items to the sender. Österreichische Post will not share the new address with the sender.
A flat fee will be charged for redirecting parcels and express items (EMS). The exact rates are available in our GTC.
You can renew existing redirections any time you choose. Changes to the duration of existing redirections can only be made during the period that has been paid for. If you would like to redirect your mail beyond the period of time you have paid for, please order a new redirection starting with the day after your previous redirection ends.
Redirections for moving to a new home or a temporary absence can be made for a maximum of 1 year.
To see the latest rates, please click here.
You can include a maximum of 5 persons per order. Please indicate one person (last name, first name) per entry field only. Use hyphens for hyphenated last names. For 6 persons and up, you will need another order and the redirection fee will be charged.

FAQ Receive mail

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Please note that it takes 3 business days to set up an authorisation to receive mail.
Authorisations to receive mail are valid for a maximum of 2 years and cannot be re-newed. Any change requires a new authorisation to receive mail.
While you need to show a power of attorney to our staff every time you receive an item, there is no requirement to do so if you have an authorisation to receive mail. In this case, the person authorised to receive mail just has to show an ID to receive the items.
You can authorise up to 5 persons you trust to receive mail on your behalf. These persons will be able to accept mail items addressed to you. However, mail items la-belled as "Do not deliver to authorised agents" will still only be delivered to the ad-dressee.
They can accept non-registered items (including RSa and RSb letter from courts or other public authorities), registered letter mail items, parcels without insured value, parcels with insured value, money, mail items with advice of receipt and money with the indication "deliver to addressee in person".
To see the latest rates, please click here.

FAQ Picking up my items at a preferred postal branch

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Please note that it takes 3 business days to set up this service.

If you use this service, we will send you an e-mail or text message to let you know about items we have received for you and you can pick up your items at the postal branch of your choice (e.g., one located close to your place of work).

The following items can be picked up at your preferred postal branch:

  • registered letter mail items
  • international items without advice of receipt and cash-on-delivery items
  • customs items without advice of receipt
  • Collection service
 
You can change orders existing anytime before they expire by using the function My orders.
The fee for pickup at a preferred postal branch is EUR 7.90 per year.

Your notification options are either e-mail or text message.

FAQ Hold mail service

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Please note that it takes 3 business days to set up the vacation hold mail service.
You can renew existing orders at any time before they expire. Please note that the vacation hold mail service is available for a maximum of 28 days.
Use our vacation hold mail service to have your mail held while you are on holidays.
You can choose between picking up your mail after your holiday of having it deliv-ered to you in bulk.
To see the latest rates, please click here.

FAQ PO box

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Standard PO boxes are set up immediately and can be used right away. It takes 1 business day to set up a PO Box Plus.
Rentals for PO boxes always start on the first day of the month and end on the last day of the month of the selected period. If clients do not cancel in writing or person-ally at a PO box branch 2 weeks before the rental period expires, the contract will automatically be renewed for the previous contractual period. Österreichische Post shall inform all clients in writing, provided that they are consumers as defined in the Austrian Consumer Protection Act, in a timely manner (i.e., before the start of this period of notice) about the cancellation option and the renewal of the contract if they do not cancel.
Use our PO box service to store your mail items. You can choose between the fol-lowing options:

Standard PO box for private clients or business clients: items addressed to your PO box will go into this standard PO box. Items addressed to your home address (for pri-vate clients) or to your business address (for business clients) will still be delivered to your home (for private clients) or to your business (for business clients) by our delivery staff.

PO Box Plus for private clients or business clients: all items will go into this PO box, whether they are addressed to your PO box or your home address (for private cli-ents) of your business address (for business clients).
To see the latest rates, please click here.

FAQ Delivery authorisation

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If you have a release delivery authorisation, the delivery person will put registered mail, packets, small parcels, and Post Express items in your letterbox. The only exceptions are official letters from the authorities with advice of receipt (RSa/RSb).
Please indicate a safe location in your building where we can place any large parcels. This will allow you to receive your parcels even if you are not home.
 
After you request a release delivery authorisation, it usually takes 3 to 5 business days for it to take effect. We will let you know as soon as the release delivery authorisation is effective.
In that case, we will hold your large item at the closest Österreichische Post service location and you will receive the traditional notification in your letterbox.
Your release delivery authorisation will be valid until revoked.

FAQ Parcel stamps

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Just create and design your parcel stamp for your parcel. The process is swift and straightforward.

Parcel stamps are what we could call "stamps for parcels". You can conveniently create them on your PC, pay for them online, print them and affix them to the largest surface on your parcel. Parcel stamps include the sender's and recipient's address, information about any additional services, and a bar code.

The format for parcel stamps is DIN A5 and they can be printed on normal paper or on labels on any printer and affixed to your parcel.

 

The sum of the longest and shortest side of your parcel will determine the parcel stamp price.
Example 1: Your parcel's dimensions are as follows: length 28 cm, width 25 cm, height 15 cm. Longest side (28 cm), shortest side (15 cm), which adds up to 43 cm. Therefore, you will need a parcel stamp PM 45 because the sum of the longest and the shortest side is under 45 cm.

Example 2: Your parcel's dimensions are as follows: length 40 cm, width 35 cm, height 25 cm. The longest side (40 cm) and the shortest side (25 cm) add up to 65 cm. Therefore, you will need a parcel stamp PM 70 because the sum of the longest and the shortest side is under 70 cm.

Please note:
please measure your parcel before you create your parcel stamp because no changes, exchanges, or returns are possible.

 
To create parcel stamps, you need Internet access and any commercially available printer with a resolution of 600 dpi and up. There is no need to install any software. All you need is the standard program Adobe Acrobat Reader (free download → here). You can print your parcel stamps on white standard paper in A4 format or on self-adhesive labels in A5 format.

The following browsers are recommended for creating parcel stamps:
Internet Explorer (IE) version 7 or higher | Firefox (Mozilla) version 3 or higher | Google Chrome

The following operating systems are required:
Linux, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 7
 
Yes! We will only accept items that are fit for safe shipping, that have adequate inside packaging and that are firmly sealed. If you do not have adequate packaging (or label article number: MY-ELA026) for shipping your parcel, you can purchase it at our →packaging shop.

 
Items franked with parcel stamps have to be rectangular and the packaging must be adequate. The packaging must adequately protect the content on the entire shipping route because we accept no liability for unpackaged or insufficiently packaged items.
Please see the provisions in our GTC Parcels.
Please see the provisions in our GTC Parcels.
When you create a parcel stamp for destinations in Austria, we will only check the postcode and the locality for accuracy. For parcels sent to other EU countries, there will be no check for accuracy.
If you are using an A5 label, the minimum available surface is 15 x 21 cm. Maximum dimensions: the longest and shortest side must add up to a maximum of 120 cm. The maximum weight per parcel is 31.5 kg.
Currently, we do not offer the option of sending a parcel franked with a parcel stamp in combination with cash-on-delivery and additional payment at an Österreichische Post service location.
Unfortunately, purchased parcel stamps cannot be cancelled or returned. Since personal address data is added to the parcel stamp at the time of purchase and the preliminary information for the shipping process is created, you cannot cancel this transaction or get a refund.
Unfortunately, there are no returns, exchanges, additional payments, or refunds for parcel stamps.
Parcel stamps can be printed up to 7 calendar days after they have been purchased online. They are good for shipping for a maximum of 14 days after they have been purchased online. Parcel stamps lose their validity after 14 days.
Yes! As soon as the parcel stamp is in your shopping cart, you can go to the menu item "Test print" on the right side of the shopping cart to do as many test prints of your parcel stamp as you would like.
Yes. Use your tracking number to follow the status of your parcels, EMS, and parcel stamp items on post.at/Sendungsverfolgung
Items franked with parcel stamps: Once you have signed in to post.at, you can go to the menu item "My parcel stamps" and then to "Already paid" where you can view all your orders and track the status of your parcels from posting to delivery. All parcel stamp data of the past 90 days will be available for you to see.
 
Please report obvious damages to the delivery person or branch employee immediately upon receipt. Damages inside the package must be reported in writing to Österreichische Post the day after delivery at the latest. To report damages, please contact the Österreichische Post customer service center.

Österreichische Post AG is liable for up to EUR 510 per parcel as defined in our GTC Parcel Stamps.
 
After you have paid for the parcel stamp, you can click on the button "Print all parcel stamps for this order" to print all your parcel stamps on your printer right away.
Immediately after you have made the payment, we will send you a confirmation e-mail with all parcel stamp data and links to your parcel stamps. You can also use this link to print your parcel stamps.

After signing in to Post.at, you can go to the menu item "My parcel stamps" where you will find a printer symbol with your purchased parcel stamps. You can also click on this icon to print your parcel stamps right away.
Please note: you can only receive parcel stamps for printing if you have signed in to our online services using your user name and password. Please print your parcel stamps within 7 calendar days of purchase and use them within 14 calendar days because they will no longer be valid after then.

Print your parcel stamps (printer resolution 600 dpi) on any commercially available printer on white paper or recycled paper (standard weight 80g/ms) or on labels.
 

FAQ Collection service

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Yes. Pursuant to Section 227 of the Austrian Federal Tax Code, the collection service is considered a payment reminder. Therefore, it can be used by the above-mentioned authorities. For additional information about the legal basis, please e-mail us at postauftrag@post.at.
The collection service by Österreichische Post is a straightforward solution for your accounts receivable: the delivery person will collect your pending accounts receivable directly from the debtor. We will then transfer the amount collected to you immediately. This will allow you to always have an overview of those who have paid.
All you need is a one-time registration, after which we will e-mail you your user data and you can immediately start ordering our collection service.

If you have just a few collection orders, use our convenient single-order option including online payment via credit card, eps online transfer, mobile phone invoicing or cash ticket. If you are going to use our collection service on a regular basis, a collective order option is available. In that case, we will send you an invoice for all collection services provided during a given month.

Our delivery staff will attempt to collect the outstanding amount as soon as you have shared the necessary information with us. If the delivery person successfully collects the outstanding amount from the debtor, we will immediately transfer the money to you. If the debtor is not home, we will inform him or her and they will have up to 3 weeks to pay the outstanding amount at the Österreichische Post service location closest to them. The success rate for our collection service averages 21%.
 
The fee for our collection service is EUR 5.40 (including VAT) per order.
Please click here  to register. After you have entered your master data, choose collection service.

FAQ Payement

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You will find this 3-digit verification code on the back of your credit card.
This card verification number needs to be entered during credit card payments to enhance security. The card verification number is a security feature provided by credit card companies. It needs to be entered during the credit card transaction to make sure that the buyer has physical possession of the card.
 
The following payment options are available:

credit card (VISA, Mastercard or Diners), online banking, Paybox or Cash-Ticket
 

FAQ My orders

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You can change or cancel any order by going to the menu item "My orders".

General FAQ

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To use our online services, you will need a new browser (e.g., Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox version 3.0 or higher, Apple Safari version 3.0 or up, Google Chrome version 2.0 or up, Opera version 9.2 or up). Please make sure that you have allowed cookies in your browser settings and that Javascript is activated (please deactivate add-ons such as NoScript). You will need the free Adobe Reader to read our GTC.
If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding our online services, our Österreichische Post customer service centre will be happy to help.
Your data will be transmitted securely with a 256 AES (advanced encryption standard) via SSL.
To see our product-specific general terms and conditions (GTC), please visit post.at/agb.

FAQ E-letter

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Go to the login area, click on forgot password and enter your user name. You will shortly receive an e-mail with a link to restore access to your account.

 
Your e-mail address is also your user name. If you forgot it, please go to www.post.at and click on the field "forgot user name".
Some e-mail clients do not recognize online addresses with line breaks as URLs and display them as normal text. To solve this problem, Mozilla Thunderbird offers an add-on for download.

Sign in to www.post.at and go to "My profile" to see your data.

The reasons for this might be the following: you might have a new e-mail address and have not updated it in the e-letter settings.
Or the sender address of Österreichiche Post AG is considered spam.
 
Please register on  www.post.at and sign in with your login data at e-brief.at to request an activation code.
You will receive a letter with an activation code. Please enter this code on the web site. This will confirm your address and your e-letter letterbox will be ready to receive mail. You will then receive items from the companies you have selected in digital format.
As an existing Post/on client, the e-letterbox is part of your Post account. After you have signed in, you will see if your e-letterbox is ready to receive mail.
 
Go to e-brief.at to sign in and enter your activation code. Your e-letterbox will then be ready to receive mail.

Österreichische Post app


How to confirm your address in the Österreichische Post app: choose the menu item "E-Brief" and sign in with your Post account data. Under address confirmation, please enter your activation code for the address provided by you.
 
Your e-letterbox can hold up to 500 items. You can delete items as needed. They will remain in your letterbox until you delete them.
No. We do not deliver official RSa and RSb letters to your e-letterbox because this is not permitted by law.
Go to oestereich.gv.at to activate the government delivery service.
 
No. Your e-letterbox will be free of unaddressed advertising.
No. The e-letter service is free of charge for recipients.
No. We do not scan e-letters. Such letters and invoices from companies are sent to Österreichische Post electronically. We then check the delivery option chosen by the client. Items are either delivered to clients digitally as e-letters to their e-letterbox or as traditional letters to their letterbox.
No. E-letters are not e-mails. These items, e.g., documents, contracts, or invoices, are sent electronically to Österreichische Post and are then delivered as e-letters to your e-letterbox.

In addition to being convenient and swift, e-letters come with another decisive benefit: security. Sending sensitive documents or recipient data via e-mail is not a secure process. For e-letters, this information is deposited on a secure portal, a so-called e-letterbox.
 
E-letters are PDFs that you can download anytime you choose.
Go to e-brief.at to sign in. Under user name, click on "Personal information". Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click on "Deactivate delivery".

You will no longer receive digital items in your e-letterbox. However, you will still have access to e-letters that are already in your e-letterbox.
 
No. You can decide for every company if you would like to receive their items digitally, i.e., as e-letters or as traditional letters. Please note that you can only receive e-letters from companies that are connected to this system.
In the sender list, you can choose from which companies you would like to receive e-letters or traditional letters. For all senders, the default option is e-letter.

If you would like to receive traditional letters, please choose the sender, go to "edit" and uncheck the box that says "delivery to e-letterbox". Click on "save" and you will start receiving your items as traditional letters from this specific sender.

On the list, the sender name will appear gray and not black.
 
Yes. In the basic settings, delivery as e-letter is the default option for all senders.

You can go to the sender list to change the delivery option to traditional letters for specific senders.
 
More and more companies are using the e-letter option and the sender list is growing. To see an updated list of all available senders, please see the menu item "Senders" in your e-letterbox.
Companies will send letters (e.g., contracts or invoices) to Österreichische Post electronically. These items are then either delivered to the e-postbox in digital format as e-letters or as traditional letters to your letterbox.
While the transmission of sensitive documents and addressee data is not secure when using e-mails, the e-letter service deposits such data in a security-approved portal, the e-postbox.