appender.setName ("remote");
appender.setContext (logger.getLoggerContext ());
appender.setRemoteHost (address.getHostString ());
appender.setPort (address.getPort ());
environment.transcript.traceDebugging ("starting logger...");
appender.start ();
appender.setReconnectionDelay (1000);
environment.transcript.traceDebugging ("registering logger...");
logger.addAppender (appender);
} else
environment.transcript.traceDebugging ("no customized logger configured...");