This was because I did put my AOP configuration in MVC configuration file and AOP was trying to create proxies for Spring MVC classes. Placing AOP config in a separate file solved the problem.

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I regularly send email to a specific contact with the same first name as nearly a dozen other contacts, and he's always at the VERY BOTTOM of the list, which is annoying. Is there something I can do to get him to rise higher up the list so that he's the first suggestion instead of near the bottom?
