Question by a JMS newbie

I am a relative newbie to JMS and I was wondering if I could get some clarification on some behaviour I have noticed with SJS MQ.
I have set up a test environment with a broker, connection factory and a queue (Destination name MyQueueDest, lookup name MyQueue). The broker has been configured with a destination 'MyQueueDest'.
I have then used the demo application provided by SJS MQ 'SenderToQueue' to send to the queue 'MyQueue'. In the administrative console I have noticed that there are three destinations, including both 'MyQueue' and 'MyQueueDest'. When I use the QBrowser application to browse the queue, the test messages I have sent show up in 'MyQueue', whereas I expected them to show up in 'MyQueueDest'.
Is this behaviour correct? It surprises me that it seems to create a destination on the fly, since I would have thought that this would be a bad idea. I would have also expected that by supplying the lookup name 'MyQueue', it would resolve it to the destination 'MyQueueDest'.
Can someone please enlighten me?
Tim

Depends what you mean by "connect":
• Do you want to record the keyboard's sound? Then connect its audio out (line-out) to the Mac's line-in, with the proper cables and adaptors.
• Do you want to use the keyboard to trigger GB's internal sounds? Then you need either a midi interface that connects to your keyboard's midi out port and the Mac's USB port. Or, if your keyboard has a USB out, you need a USB cable and driver software for the Mac (if the keyboard isn't "class compliant").
• You can't use GB to trigger your keyboard's sound, since GB doesn't offer a midi-out (only with additional software).

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not, I'd need to get a brand new copy of Windows Home
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