[rabbitmq-discuss] TTL on Messages

Thu Sep 20 10:19:32 BST 2012

At Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:40:34 -0700 (PDT),
Jordan wrote:
> I recently learned about the 'x-message-ttl' flag, but I'm not quite sure how
> to properly use it.  In particular, if a message expires, do I have any way of
> knowing *which* message it was?  Perhaps a correlation id?

You can use a DLX to redirect expired messages to some exchange:
<http://www.rabbitmq.com/dlx.html>.

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Francesco * Often in error, never in doubt