[rabbitmq-discuss] alternate exchange

Thu Feb 16 12:13:58 GMT 2012

so the routing key of "" in the example is a catch-all?

On 16 February 2012 11:11, Emile Joubert <emile at rabbitmq.com> wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> On 16/02/12 10:38, Steven Taylor wrote:
> > Will Rabbit try to first deliver an unrouted message to the same rout on
> > the alternate exchange.
>
> The routing logic will only fall back to the alternative exchange if the
> message could not be routed to any queue (or the message was marked as
> immediate and it cannot be delivered to any consumer). The message
> routing key(s) do not change during any of these routing attempts.
>
> -Emile
>
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