C#

public static void Main() {
  //Create or fetch the Queue
  queue = GetQueue();
  //Thread the Queue monitoring 
  ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(QueueMonitor),queue);
  /* Program loop, etc */
}

void QueueMonitor(object SourceQueue) {
  MessageQueue queue = (MessageQueue)SourceQueue;
  Message msg = null;
  Cursor cursor = queue.CreateCursor();
  PeekAction action = PeekAction.Current;  //initial PeekAction must always be Current
  try{
    while(true) {
      msg = queue.Peek(MessageQueue.InfiniteTimeout, cursor, action);
      ThreadPool.QueueUserWorkItem(new WaitCallback(ProcessPeekedMessage), msg);
      action = PeekAction.Next;
    }
  }catch(Exception ex){
    /* Handle exceptions, etc */
  }finally{
    /* any other cleanup required */
  }
}

void ProcessPeekedMessage(object PeekedMessage) {
  Message msg = (Message)PeekedMessage;
  /* Process peeked message */
}

Senseicads wrote:

i don't really want to save my subscription list in a db either, that seems to me to be overkill

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Senseicads wrote:

It just seems so OTT to use a Database to store what is basically RSS Feed data.

Senseicads wrote:

Although saying that I didn't think of using Access

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Eddy Vluggen wrote:

Microsoft Access;

Senseicads wrote:

Is that a good rule of thumb? More than 30 use a db?