Markus, > is it possible to add appenders to category definitions listening > to different > log-levels (sorry if my terminology is awkward)
I have the following configuration: ################### log4j.rootCategory=error, R, email #RollingFile Appender setup log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender log4j.appender.R.File=/www/martec_app_log.txt log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=15KB log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1 log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%p] (%t) - %c{2} - %m%n log4j.appender.email=org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender log4j.appender.email.Threshold=ERROR log4j.appender.email.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.email.BufferSize=1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] log4j.appender.email.SMTPHost=digiworks.tv log4j.appender.email.Subject=Error in Martec [EMAIL PROTECTED] log4j.appender.email.layout.ConversionPattern=%d [%p] (%t) - %c{2} - %m%n ################# Notice the Threshold, which will only log ERROR or greater to the smtp appender (and everything to the rolling file appender). I think this should do the trick for you. Ylan Segal. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>