First I'll describe my configuration. I'm sending a message from a JBoss AS to a remote queue on another JBoss AS using Spring's infamous JmsTemplate to send the message. I read the advice concerning the use of Spring's JmsTemplate but I inherited this code so i'm hesitant to remove all references to JmsTemplate. I read that I can use Spring's SingleConnectionFactory to reuse the JMS connection. I have some question about this though. It's my understanding that a single QueueConnectionFactory can be shared among different threads - is that correct? It's also my understanding that a single connection created from a QueueConnectionFactory can be shared by multiple threads - is that correct? If that is all correct, then why do I keep on reading about JMS connection pooling if the connection can be shared ? If they can be shared, you don't need a pool, you just need one connection - right? I think I'm not understanding something correctly. Please enlighten me. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4165735#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...