EGroupware Maintenance Release 23.1.20250113

Hello everybody,

we have released a new maintenance relaease 23.1.20250113.

Release notes:

• Mail: use account of selected From address to send mails, not the current open mailbox
• Mail: prefer identity email over SMTP username for Return-Path header, if both are from the same domain
• Mail: Layout improvement in the compose window
• Addressbook: fix non-active accounts where visible for non-admins, if hidden accounts exist
• All apps: merge-print of OpenDocument files now also replaces in header- and footer-lines or text-frames (styles.xml part of the document)
• Tracker: Add ‘View linked Time Sheet entries’ action
• Invoices (EPL): allow to use Invoices app as viewer for e-invoices in Mail (without rights for Invoices app itself)
• Invoices (EPL): allow to select a mail template and directly mail invoice to buyer
• Invoices (EPL): attach imported invoice pdf/xml to the imported invoice and link it with the seller
• Invoices (EPL): allow to set and import product characteristics and country of origin
• Invoices (EPL): display/import invoices in UBL XML syntax too (generated invoices use CII syntax)
• Invoices (EPL): allow to download multiple invoices as PDF, XML or ZIP-archive
• Invoices (EPL): allow to select “XML invoice”, even if Collabora is available, e.g. for customers requesting XML over PDF
• Invoices (EPL): additonally support UBL syntax for import or display, beside the already used CII syntax, used for creating invoices
• Many translations

Complete changelog:
https://github.com/EGroupware/egroupware/compare/23.1.20241214…23.1.202501133

This Maintenance update is provided via Docker container.

If you have problems with this update, you can easily revert to the previous version:

Manual (container) update/downgrade in a Docker installation
Manuelles (Container)-Update/Downgrade in einer Docker-Installation

We also provide a new package egroupware-docker for upgrading PHP Swoole. This is not directly related to the EGroupware update, but should still be installed.

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New functions / preferences or other important things:

• Mail: Layout improvement in the compose window

We have moved the setting for HTML/text messages to the top.
Adding additional fields is now possible via a drop-down list on the left.

• All apps: merge-print of OpenDocument files now also replaces in header- and footer-lines or text-frames (styles.xml part of the document)

It is now possible to place/fill placeholders in documents in the header, footer and text fields.

• Tracker: Add ‘View linked Time Sheet entries’ action

It is now possible to call up the timesheets belonging to an InfoLog via the context menu.

• Invoices (EPL): allow to use Invoices app as viewer for e-invoices in Mail (without rights for Invoices app itself)

We have added some new functions and improvements to the Invoices applications.

• Many translations

We have added many translations in many languages and also made many corrections/changes.

If something is wrong or needs improvement, please send an email to
su@egroupware.org.

We are always looking for more community translators!
Every contribution, no matter how small, makes the translations better

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The update information is collected in the following topic

in chronological order.

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Many greetings
Your EGroupware team