"weston.price(a)jboss.com" wrote : | This is what we do, with the default behavior being that a rollback occurs. This can be altered via an ActivationSpec property to simply commit the message in the case of a RuntimeException when the transaction attribute of the MDB is BMT or CMT with NOT_SUPPORTED. CMT/REQUIRED is always rolledback and redelivered as per the EJB spec. | | The exception is caught in JBM code so I don't think you'll have a chance to do anything with it. We have to do this to be spec compliant. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3986914#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...