The online documentation does not seem to discuss this topic. If I understand correctly, the appenders need to be thread-safe (i.e. they need to serialize requests). Are the standard log4j appenders thread-safe? Please CC me since I am not subscribed to the list. Or hit reply-all. Thanks. Mihai Mihai Christodorescu -=- [EMAIL PROTECTED] .--------------------------------------------------------------------------- | The worst crime against working people is a company that fails to | operate at a profit. -- Samuel Gompers `--------------------------------------------------------------------------- PGP signature block might follow. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]