--- orig/James.java      2006-09-17 02:55:48.000000000 +0200
+++ patch/James.java    2006-09-17 03:09:13.000000000 +0200
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Vector;
 import java.lang.StackTraceElement;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 
 /**
  * Core class for JAMES. Provides three primary services:
@@ -187,6 +188,12 @@
     protected Mailet localDeliveryMailet;
     
     /**
+     * Add-on for getChildsLogger from anywhere
+     */
+    protected static Logger mainLog = null;
+    protected static final HashMap childLoggers = new HashMap();
+
+    /**
      * @see org.apache.avalon.framework.context.Contextualizable#contextualize(Context)
      */
     public void contextualize(final Context context) {
@@ -202,10 +209,22 @@
     }
 
     /**
+     * Add-on for getChildsLogger from anywhere
+     */
+    public synchronized static Logger getChildLogger(String name) {
+        Logger log = (Logger)childLoggers.get(name);
+        if (log == null) {
+            log = mainLog.getChildLogger(name);
+            childLoggers.put(name, log);
+        }
+        return log;
+    }
+    /**
      * @see org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configurable#configure(Configuration)
      */
     public void configure(Configuration conf) {
         this.conf = conf;
+        mainLog = getLogger();
     }
 
     /**