http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBMESSAGING-410 was reported by Elias after he noticed an incompatibility between the way JBossMQ and Messaging behave relative to a situation that is insufficiently specified. I took the decision to restore compatibility with JBossMQ, and with something that, personally, I believe it is the most intuitive behavior. I need to analyze the case you're talking about here a little bit better before coming up with a definitive(?) conclusion ... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3998826#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...