The jboss-log4j.xml setting should work. When I uncomment it, I see entries like the following in the server.log file: 2008-09-29 13:45:04,899 TRACE [org.jboss.ws.core.MessageTrace] (http-127.0.0.1-8080-1) Incoming Request Message | <env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'> | <env:Header/> | <env:Body> | <ns1:getRate xmlns:ns1='http://ws.jbia.org/'> | <arg0>NH</arg0> | </ns1:getRate> | </env:Body> | </env:Envelope> | ... | 2008-09-29 13:45:04,914 TRACE [org.jboss.ws.core.MessageTrace] (http-127.0.0.1-8080-1) Outgoing Response Message | <env:Envelope xmlns:env='http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/'> | <env:Header/> | <env:Body> | <ns1:getRateResponse xmlns:ns1='http://ws.jbia.org/'> | <return>0.0</return> | </ns1:getRateResponse> | </env:Body> | </env:Envelope> View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4182203#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...