So it looks like the mail checking part was taking "too long" and then things blew up. When I cleaned out the incoming mail spool, it started working without issue. So in the interim I can have the scheduled method execute more frequently, hence having less e-mail to process each time. However, I'm not sure why it became an issue? Can I tell the timer service to let it run unless it takes more than say 2 minutes? I'm no expert in ejb 3 timer code, and the seam wrapper even less so. Ideas? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3988715#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...