Servlet mapped files do not deploy

[powertoaster]

If I add a servlet mapping in my web.xml file like

<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>bidman</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>velocity</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>*.vm</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

Then any file with that extension does not get deployed. For example

If I have a file called test.vm in a directory under my context
http://localhost:8080/bidman/test.vm, but no servlet mapping the file is available.

If I then add the servlet mapping entry the file
http://localhost:8080/bidman/test.vm does not get deployed to the server at all.

Just wondering if anyone else has run accross this behavior.

I am running Jboss Tomcat 3.2.1.