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Apache Tomcat Mailing Lists

Before you can send a message to one of the Tomcat lists, you must subscribe to that list. If you try to send a message to a list from an e-mail address that is not subscribed to the list, it will be rejected.

All messages to the Tomcat lists are filtered for spam. To avoid your valid message being marked as spam:

  • send your message in plain text, not HTML;
  • include a subject.

The following lists are available:

tomcat-users
User support and discussion
taglibs-user
User support and discussion for Apache Taglibs
tomcat-announce
Low volume announcements including all releases and security vulnerabilities
tomcat-dev
Development mailing list, including commit messages

Users should consider subscribing to the User Support and the Announcements mailing lists. The Developer list is for people interested in helping with the development and debugging of the server.

Formatted archives are available in several places including the Apache Mail Archives, MARC, Nabble, and MarkMail. The raw mbox files are also available.

You can also use the mail-to-news gateway offered by GMANE to access most of the lists with a news reader.


tomcat-users

The list listed here is the only place that configuration and how-to questions belong, ever. Every day, users become frustrated, not with Apache Tomcat, but how nobody will help them understand how to get started. 95% of the time, it's not for lack of helpers, but for lack of effort and well stated questions.

Before you go further, please read Eric S. Raymond and Rick Moen's explanation of "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way". If you follow their advice, you will discover that these forums have dozens of helpers ready to provide you with guidance on using Apache Tomcat! Note: Do not send your Apache Tomcat questions to Eric or Rick themselves!

Important:

  1. When asking questions on the list, please state your exact Tomcat version (which is three numbers, 7.0.x, 6.0.x or 5.5.x), your operating system, and essential bits of your configuration.
  2. Note, that Tomcat Documentation is provided on this site (see the links at the left) and is searchable (see an input box above). Add "Tomcat 7.0", "Tomcat 6.0" or "Tomcat 5.5" to your query to refine your results. The tomcat-users mail list archives (links are below) are also searchable.
  3. The FAQ and How To pages are available at the Tomcat Wiki.
  4. Usage of these mailing lists is subject to the Public Forum Archive Policy.
Volume: High
Subscription: Send a blank email to users-subscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Digest subscription: Send a blank email to users-digest-subscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Posting questions to the list: Send your question to users@tomcat.apache.org
Getting help with the list: Send a blank email to users-help@tomcat.apache.org
Unsubscription: Send a blank email to users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Digest unsubscription: Send a blank email to users-digest-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
List owner address: Send your message to users-owner@tomcat.apache.org
Archives: at Apache, at MARC (searchable), at MarkMail, at Nabble and at Mail Archive
RSS: at MarkMail


tomcat-announce

The list is used to announce Tomcat releases, security vulnerabilities and other project announcements.

Volume: Low
Subscription: Send a blank email to announce-subscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Posting announcements to the list: This is only available to Tomcat committers.
Getting help with the list: Send a blank email to announce-help@tomcat.apache.org
Unsubscription: Send a blank email to announce-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
List owner address: Send your message to announce-owner@tomcat.apache.org
Archives: at Apache, at MarkMail and at Mail Archive
RSS: at MarkMail


tomcat-dev

The dev@tomcat.apache.org mailing list is used for discussions about the actual development of the server. It is not the place to ask about problems writing JSPs, servlets or web applications.

Configuration and support questions should be addressed to the user mailing list. This development list is only for discussion of changes to the Apache Tomcat source code and related issues. Other questions will be ignored.

Volume: High
Subscription: Send a blank email to dev-subscribe@tomcat.apache.org (Not a user support list!)
Digest subscription: Send a blank email to dev-digest-subscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Posting questions to the list: Send your question to dev@tomcat.apache.org
Getting help with the list: Send a blank email to dev-help@tomcat.apache.org, dev-digest-help@tomcat.apache.org
Unsubscription: Send a blank email to dev-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Digest unsubscription: Send a blank email to dev-digest-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
List owner address: Send your message to dev-owner@tomcat.apache.org
Archives: at Apache, at MARC (searchable) , at MarkMail, at Nabble and at Mail Archive
RSS: at MarkMail


taglibs-user

The taglibs-user@tomcat.apache.org mailing list is for users of the custom tag libraries found in Apache Taglibs. It is also a good forum for asking questions about how custom tag libraries operate, and how they can be used.

Volume: Low
Subscription: Send a blank email to taglibs-user-subscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Digest subscription: Send a blank email to taglibs-user-digest-subscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Posting questions to the list: Send your question to taglibs-user@tomcat.apache.org
Getting help with the list: Send a blank email to taglibs-user-help@tomcat.apache.org, taglibs-user-digest-help@tomcat.apache.org
Unsubscription: Send a blank email to taglibs-user-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
Digest unsubscription: Send a blank email to taglibs-user-digest-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org
List owner address: Send your message to taglibs-user-owner@tomcat.apache.org
Archives: at Apache (see older archives), at MarkMail (both old and new) and at Mail Archive (also older archives)
RSS: at MarkMail



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