Hi Manik, I also thought that GMS messages shouldn't be delayed. My assumption from browsing through the source and debugging was that JGroups messages don't use the Message's buffer, but JBC messages do. So my condition for delaying is if (msg.getBuffer()!=null && msg.getBuffer().length>0) Would that be safe? If it is not, I'll have to use the Interceptor as you proposed. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4168544#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...