JSPInit question

[Doug Nichols]

How do I obtain this attribute from inside the JSP where it's located?

public void jspInit() {
String e = getServletConfig().getInitParameter("Doug");
ServletContext ctx = getServletContext();
ctx.setAttribute("mail", e);
}

I tried pretty much everything in the book for examples, eg: application.getAttribute("mail"), etc but only get NULL back. Doing a "getAttribute" in the JSPInit immediately afterward comes back ok, but am I limited to only that??

thanks