Thank you for pointing me to the docs. I've read them and was able to get rid of the exceptions in the logs by putting the correct resource name jndi entries in the global context.xml config file.
However, the main issue, where tomcat stalls during startup with mail.jar in the $CATALINA_HOME/lib directory is still happening. I've defined a resource name as suggested in the docs below below in the global context.xml config file that looks like this: <Resource name="mail/Session" auth="Container" type="javax.mail.Session" mail.smtp.host="localhost"/> Still with no luck. I can get a thread dump as you suggested earlier in this thread, but I'm not sure how to interpret it. Any suggestions would be appreciated. thanks -dustin -----Original Message----- From: Caldarale, Charles R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 1:43 PM To: Tomcat Users List Subject: RE: javax/mail/address > From: Dustin Fortin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: javax/mail/address > > Should these database definitions be defined in the local contexts? If you want Tomcat to manage the database connections, then server.xml is appropriate. > <Resource name="jdbc/Admin" auth="Container" > type="javax.sql.DataSource"/> > <ResourceParams name="jdbc/Admin"> There are no <ResourceParams> elements in Tomcat 6.0. > I assumed most of the tomcat 5.0.25 params would be ok to port over, > but I claim to be no expert. Bad assumption. Read the docs: http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/jndi-resources-howto.html http://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-6.0-doc/jndi-datasource-examples-howto.h tml - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]