Should I be able to retrieve a string that has been set by request.setAttribute from within a <bean:message/>? For example, in an Action I have: request.setAttribute("registeredemail",email); return mapping.findForward("waitforconfirm"); in the jsp that the waitforconfirm points to, this works fine: Your email was: <%= request.getAttribute("registeredemail") %> However, the following tells me that "registeredemail" doesn't work: <bean:message key="your.email.was" arg0="<%= request.getAttribute("registeredemail") %>" /> Is this the correct way to do this, or do I need to write this another way? Thanks, -Mike -- Mike Bridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>