I think using the ref itself is not the real problem I suspect that the deadletterqueue is something JBoss AS has built in, and WLS (at least up to 8, there my knowledge ends) did not have. So you should either leave that part out or use the WLS solution for this or create an additional queue that you use a as a DLQ View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4247534#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...