--- MessagingException.java~	2007-04-24 19:45:00.146875200 -0700
+++ MessagingException.java	2007-04-24 19:44:18.136467200 -0700
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@
      * @param e		the embedded exception
      * @see	#getNextException
      * @see	#setNextException
-     * @see	#getCause
      */
     public MessagingException(String s, Exception e) {
 	super(s);
@@ -94,16 +93,6 @@
     }
 
     /**
-     * Overrides the <code>getCause</code> method of <code>Throwable</code>
-     * to return the next exception in the chain of nested exceptions.
-     *
-     * @return	next Exception, null if none.
-     */
-    public synchronized Throwable getCause() {
-	return next;
-    }
-
-    /**
      * Add an exception to the end of the chain. If the end
      * is <strong>not</strong> a MessagingException, this 
      * exception cannot be added to the end.
@@ -132,14 +121,12 @@
      * nested exceptions.
      */
     public synchronized String toString() {
-	String s = super.toString();
+	StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+	sb = appendException(sb, this);
 	Exception n = next;
-	if (n == null)
-	    return s;
-	StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer(s == null ? "" : s);
 	while (n != null) {
 	    sb.append(";\n  nested exception is:\n\t");
-	    sb.append(n.toString());
+	    sb = appendException(sb, n);
 	    if (n instanceof MessagingException) {
 		MessagingException mex = (MessagingException)n;
 		n = mex.next;
@@ -149,4 +136,13 @@
 	}
 	return sb.toString();
     }
+
+    private static StringBuffer appendException(StringBuffer sb, Exception e) {
+	// pretty much a copy of Throwable.toString()
+	sb.append(e.getClass().getName());
+	String message = e.getLocalizedMessage();
+	if (message != null)
+	    sb.append(": ").append(message);
+	return sb;
+    }
 }