Pardon me for jumping in but....... Hi All I've been lurking on this mailing list from some time but have just got around to making use of Log4J. Can anyone help me with this problem:
After receiving the earlier email about setting up email notification I have my log4j.properties file set to: log4j.rootCategory=INFO, SMTPTest log4j.appender.SMTPTest=org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender log4j.appender.SMTPTest.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.SMTPTest.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p [%t] - %m%n [EMAIL PROTECTED] log4j.appender.SMTPTest.SMTPHost=10.173.250.58 log4j.appender.SMTPTest.Subject=SMTP Test [EMAIL PROTECTED] log4j.appender.SMTPTest.BufferSize=1 and using log4j.debug=true shows me: log4j: Parsing appender named "SMTPTest". log4j: Parsing layout options for "SMTPTest". log4j: Setting property [conversionPattern] to [%d %-5p [%t] - %m%n]. log4j: End of parsing for "SMTPTest". log4j: Setting property [SMTPHost] to [10.173.250.58]. log4j: Setting property [subject] to [SMTPTest]. log4j: Setting property [from] to [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]. log4j: Setting property [to] to [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]. log4j: Setting property [bufferSize] to [1]. log4j: Parsed "SMTPTest" options. so my configuration is being picked, however no email. My platform is Solaris 8 and I can telnet to my host in port 25 and use MAIL FROM:, RCPT TO etc. to send an email. Do I need to specify a port to Log4j, append smtp to the ip address? Cheers Anthony Pounder Nottingham - UK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 April 2002 20:26 To: Log4J Users List Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: log4j.properties file Good Luck. Just replace the To, Host, and From with your valid entries. log4j.rootCategory=info, A1, SMTPTest # A1 writes to the file "ldh". log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender log4j.appender.A1.File=e:\\ldh\\ldh.log log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p [%t] - %m%n # SMTP appender log4j.appender.SMTPTest=org.apache.log4j.net.SMTPAppender log4j.appender.SMTPTest.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout log4j.appender.SMTPTest.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %-5p [%t] - %m%n log4j.appender.SMTPTest.To=[email address] log4j.appender.SMTPTest.SMTPHost=[smtp mail server address] log4j.appender.SMTPTest.Subject=Branch Loan Printing System Error log4j.appender.SMTPTest.From=[from address] log4j.appender.SMTPTest.BufferSize=1 ======================================================================= Information in this email and any attachments are confidential, and may not be copied or used by anyone other than the addressee, nor disclosed to any third party without our permission. There is no intention to create any legally binding contract or other commitment through the use of this email. Experian Limited (registration number 653331). Registered office: Talbot House, Talbot Street, Nottingham NG1 5HF -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>