JBM UserGuide says: anonymous wrote : The maximum number of delivery attempts can be specified using the attribute DefaultMaxDeliveryAttempts for a global default or individually on a per destination basis. So, this should work for a individual destination(I have not tried): | <mbean code="org.jboss.jms.server.destination.TopicService" | name="jboss.messaging.destination:service=Topic,name=testTopic" | xmbean-dd="xmdesc/Topic-xmbean.xml"> | <depends optional-attribute-name="ServerPeer">jboss.messaging:service=ServerPeer</depends> | <depends>jboss.messaging:service=PostOffice</depends> | <attribute name="DefaultMaxDeliveryAttempts">3</attribute> | </mbean> | The DefaultMaxDeliveryAttempts will set the delivery retries to three. Thanks /Madhu View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4031928#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...