Thanks Tim The active consumers will send a 'subscribe' message when starting and a 'unsubscribe' message when stopping.
I figure that I should know the no. of active consumers at any stage They all do similar calculations simultaneously and so the sending of each prospective trade takes place within seconds. But you suggestion of a time limit as well is well founded Thank you for your advice Bob M -- View this message in context: http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/First-activeMQ-use-help-please-tp4703506p4703536.html Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.