How to Send a Fax from a Computer at DESY

With fax.desy.de, DESY-IT offers a service that allows you to receive or send faxes via e-mail. In the following you will find all necessary information for using this service.

Preliminaries

The use of the fax service must be enabled by the UCO (Tel: 5005, e-mail: uco@desy.de). After successful setup you will receive an e-mail.

Receiving Faxes

Normally, your fax extension is the same as your telephone extension, but with the header number +4940 8994-xxxx. People can use this number accordingly to send you faxes. The fax messages are converted into an e-mail and delivered to your DESY mailbox.

Sending Faxes

When sending fax messages by e-mail, please leave the subject line blank.

In the address field of your e-mail, enter the phone number followed by "@fax.desy.de". The fax will thus be sent in the following phone number format:

+49408994xxxx@fax.desy.de

Please note that the phone number is written out in the international phone number format (+xx).

Examples

USA: +1xxxxxxxxxxx@fax.desy.de

Hamburg: +4940xxxxxxxx@fax.desy.de

Switzerland: +41xxxxxxxx@fax.desy.de

Sending PDF-Files as Fax

If you want to send PDF files by fax, you can attach them to the e-mail.

Sending Confirmation

After sending a fax, you will receive a confirmation message by e-mail.


 

UCO Hamburg

UCO Hamburg
Phone: +49 (0)40 8998 5005
E-Mail: UCO Hamburg
Location: 2b / 131d
Link: https://it.desy.de/services/uco