If you start a separate thread in init(), it will keep running as long as the JVM is alive unless you explicitly destroy it. A session thread stops when the session is terminated or times out.
Jason Hunter covers servlet-based email in Chapter 19 of "Java Servlet Programming, 2d. ed.," pp. 550-555. Mark -----Original Message----- From: B Public [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 8:25 PM When the session expire, what happens then? Does the thread stop, or is it just the client output that fails? ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
