[rabbitmq-discuss] RabbitMQ and queue message limits?

Wed Sep 1 04:34:38 BST 2010

> Again, I'm not sure this really covers my case. For my use case I only care about the timeliness of the message as long as I am resource constrained. If I have ample resources I'd be willing to have the messages sit there for months.
>
> Thanks for the prompt reply and I'll look into the queue leases.
>
> Christian

If you are willing to throw away messages when resources are
constrained, how hard would it be to store a timestamp when you
publish the message, and in your consumer check the age and discard if
it's too old.

Scott