
Hermes Peppol: the service is gone, what to do
The Hermes Peppol service, which delivered invoices as PDFs by email, shut down at the end of 2025. Here is how to receive your Peppol invoices in 2026.
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The Hermes Peppol service, which delivered invoices as PDFs by email, shut down at the end of 2025. Here is how to receive your Peppol invoices in 2026.

The AS4 protocol explained: how Peppol moves your invoices between access points, which OASIS standards it builds on and what it guarantees on every send.

The Peppol MLR (Message Level Response) decoded: what this acknowledgement does, its status codes, and how it differs from a transport acknowledgement.

The Peppol Authority in Belgium: what a Peppol Authority is, the role of FPS BOSA, its link with OpenPeppol, and what it changes for your invoices.

Receiving e-invoices in B2B: the Belgian obligation since 2026, who is in scope, and how to set up receiving over the Peppol network.

The Peppol Directory explained: what this public directory is for, how to check whether a business is connected to Peppol, and what an absence really means.

SMP and SML, the Peppol network directory explained: what these two services do, how they locate a recipient and what it changes for you.

The Peppol access point explained: its real role on the network, its place in the four-corner model, your Belgian identifier and how you connect through it.

Sending an invoice via Peppol in practice: the prerequisites, what happens on the network, delivery confirmation and how YouInv handles it end to end.

The Peppol four-corner model decoded: the role of each corner, how an invoice finds its recipient and what this design changes for you.

Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 decoded: what this invoice profile really requires, how it relates to EN 16931 and UBL 2.1, and what it changes for your invoices.

Connecting to Peppol: the four-corner model, what a Peppol access point does, your Belgian participant ID, and the test send that confirms the connection.