> The reason I ask is that in Ceki Gulcu's introductory paper, > he uses the > example of a RollingFileAppender which does have static > fields, and so he > can use the configuration file option and specify properties > in the file > e.g. > log4j.appender.R.=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender > log4j.appender.R.File=example.log > > I presume with SMTPAppender, and similar appenders, that use of a > configuration file in this way is not possible?
Oops. I think my last mail was bogus and still doesn't answer your question. The answer I think I need to give is "I don't know, I'm not sure if we've tried reconfiguring the SMTP appender on the fly using the DOMConfigurator". Does that make more sense? Cheers, Mike. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]