[rabbitmq-discuss] Fwd: question on the faq

Tue Jan 6 13:12:04 GMT 2009

Matthias Radestock wrote:
> Gordon Sim wrote:
>> If a transaction containing a publish operation commits successfully 
>> and results in a persistent message being enqueued on a durable queue, 
>> I view that as a contract with the publisher that the message will be 
>> retained for delivery to potential subscribers as long as the device 
>> on which durable data is stored functions correctly. That for me is 
>> essentially the durability guarantee.
> 
> RabbitMQ provides that guarantee.

Great; I suspect I misinterpreted the terminology around disappearing 
queues.