Placing the derby.properties in the tests directory made the MailJdbc test run.
Great!
taking too much time(potentially due to many sleep calls).
Yes, I think that is a flaw with that test program; it is designed to run very slowly so it can be left running in the background for weeks or months at a time. Can you look into the program? Perhaps there is a way to configure the sleeps so that it runs much faster, consuming more resources of course, but perhaps revealing any hidden problems sooner?
Please let me know if I can upload the patch on the jira,
Yes, that would be great. bryan