[rabbitmq-discuss] x-message-ttl extension to RabbitMQ

[Chris Johnson]

Wow - I must be (unintentionally) ack-ing the messages.

Thanks for that background - RMQ is so versatile...

Chris


On 8/16/12 11:03 AM, "Emile Joubert" <emile at rabbitmq.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On 16/08/12 15:45, Chris Johnson wrote:
>> I meant to say that I want messages to stick around even after they are
>> delivered. I'd like specific queues to hold messages even if they have
>> been delivered for a specified period of time before deleting them...
>
>You do not need to use the 'x-message-ttl' parameter for this. If you
>simply fail to acknowledge messages, and don't use auto-ack then they
>will be retained by the broker as unacknowledged messages. You could
>also explicitly nack or reject messages with the requeue flag asserted,
>which will return them to the queue and they will be immediately
>available to other consumers. Note that the redelivered flag will be set
>on the message when retrieved subsequently.
>
>
>
>-Emile
>