Initiate BPEL process by e-mail polling lost in upgrade to 11g

So, as you would know by a simple search, "e-mail polling" or e-mail as an activation agent in BPEL 10.x works wonderfully following the guidance in the link: http://blogs.bpel-people.com/2007/01/using-email-to-initiate-bpel-process.html.
Taking that process and opening it in JDev 11g and running the upgrade process, I can't find where the activation agent configuration went. The process deploys fine, but none of the e-mails are getting picked up and starting the process. I've gotten myself lost in the Weblogic 10.3.3 configuration and can't seem to build the composite application to get e-mails flowing to a BPEL process. I've tried stuff with User Messaging Service, but that seems geared more towards the Workflow app. Also, the JavaMail looks really neat, but quite lost how to incorporate that into a BPEL workflow/composite application. I am from a BPEL background, my Java skill is medium-low.
It seems some of you have this working in 11g to poll an e-mail folder and kick-off a BPEL process. I've spent too much time muddling through the docs and not being successful and I'm not sure if my problem is Weblogic configuration or coding in the BPEL composite app. For those with this working, what do you feel is the best practice and if you can provide pointers to where I might dig further to get this working, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks!
-Colin

Hi,
Did u find the solution for this in 11g.
I am struggling too..
Please help if u have updates on it.
Thnaks
Viv

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