thanks for both replies - originally my IDE offered up jndi-name as an attribute and I selected it. One other item you might want to fix is the Seam 1.1.6 docs use the following attribute name: | 16.2.1.1. JNDI lookup in JBoss AS | | The JBossAS deploy/mail-service.xml configures a JavaMail session binding into JNDI. The default service configuration will need altering for your network. http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=JavaMail describes the service in more detail. | | <components xmlns="http://jboss.com/products/seam/components" | xmlns:core="http://jboss.com/products/seam/core" | xmlns:mail="http://jboss.com/products/seam/mail"> | <mail:mailSession sessionJndiName="java:/Mail" /> | </components> | Thanks again, Brad Smith View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4015037#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...