You might file an enhancement request for this in jira. It would be nice if the captcha image were optionally generated once per conversation for instance. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4044983#4044983 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4044983