For non persistent topic messages there is the option to discard pending messages.
For queue messages see: http://activemq.apache.org/message-redelivery-and-dlq-handling.html The default Dead letter policy will retain all persistent messages. It is possible to configure whether expired messages are retained. On 21 October 2013 13:52, Sophia Wright <sophiawrigh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have questions regarding Discarded messages. > > 1. I am getting little confused about discarded messages. I searched for > discarded message and got to know that -- In case of slow consumer when we > are using pending message limit strategy, old messages are discarded as new > messages come in. > > So Are the ONLY above message are considered as discarded messages, Are > there some other messages also which are discarded from broker, ? > can you please tell me in what scenario message is considered as discarded ? > > 2. Once a message is expired it is send to DLQ. What happens to the messages > after that ? > Are those messages kept in DLQ for some time and then discarded ? > > Thanks, > Sophia > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://activemq.2283324.n4.nabble.com/Discarded-messages-and-Expired-messages-tp4673025.html > Sent from the ActiveMQ - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- http://redhat.com http://blog.garytully.com