Digital Communication

Keep digital correspondence digital.

Leopold Schmallegger uses ID Austria for secure digital identification and, where registered and legally available, Austria's electronic-delivery service through Mein Postkorb. ID Austria authenticates access; Mein Postkorb is the separate service through which participating authorities can deliver documents electronically. New deliveries generate an email notification and can be opened through oesterreich.gv.at or the ID Austria application.

Digital delivery shortens the path from dispatch to review, supports faster answers and follow-ups, reduces the risk of a physical letter waiting unnoticed or being lost, and preserves location independence across the three homebases. It creates a traceable route that can be reviewed wherever the recipient is operating instead of requiring regular inspection of a static physical mailbox.

This is a preferred operational channel, not a claim that every procedure can be digital. Original documents, mandatory physical service, and other legally prescribed exceptions remain physical when required. Registered electronic deliveries may also carry collection deadlines, so digital mailboxes and their notification addresses must be monitored responsibly.

The avoidable conversion loop

Digital to physical to digital

  1. WriteThe letter starts as a digital document.
  2. PrintThe digital document becomes paper.
  3. EnvelopePaper is packaged and handed to a mail service.
  4. TransportThe letter moves physically between locations.
  5. MailboxDelivery depends on a static physical endpoint.
  6. ScanThe paper is opened and converted back into digital data.
  7. RepeatThe reply is written digitally, printed, and sent again.
The preferred route

Digital from dispatch to record

  1. WriteCreate the correspondence digitally.
  2. DeliverUse an authenticated or agreed digital channel.
  3. NotifyAlert the recipient wherever they are operating.
  4. ReviewOpen the original digital document without rescanning.
  5. RespondReply through the same governed channel.
  6. RetainPreserve a searchable, timestamped communication record.
Preferred public route. Use the contact form for the strongest protection against automated address harvesting, or email signal [at] schmallegger.net. The private Gmail account and internal operational aliases are not published as website contact addresses.
Reference points

Why this page exists.

Public-site guidance expects a clear operator identity and direct contact information. The exact obligation depends on the operator, content, service type, and jurisdiction, so this page stays reviewable and easy to update.

EU contact transparency

EU guidance points to identity, physical address, and direct contact information, plus legal status or register details only where applicable.

Your Europe guidance

Austrian Mediengesetz

Austria's official business portal explains Impressum and disclosure obligations for media owners and recurring electronic media.

USP Austria guidance

Privacy and review

Privacy, newsletter, Academy certificate, and Compliance Notice records are explained in the privacy policy and review lane.

Privacy Policy