Tim, I appreciate your efforts and I apologize for the way my post sounded. Part of my frustration is I had a configuration working and cannot seem to get back to it. I can't remember what I did to get it going in the first place (4.0.5.GA, JBM 1.0.1.GA). I am just moving ahead with 4.2.0CR2 and JBM1.2SP1 configuration. Much of my chagrin is I am new to aop and when I see exceptions in aspectized classes my eyeballs glaze over trying to figure it out. Again, sorry if I sounded unappreciative. The reason I put jboss-messaging.jar and jboss-remoting.jar in my ear is that when I put jboss-messaging-client.jar in it I got other exceptions. I am still searching for that elusive combination. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4043322#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...