Naming Conventions

These rules apply when naming users, groups, topics or queues:

  • $ is illegal at the beginning of the queue or topic names—but legal at the beginning of user and group names.
  • A user name cannot contain colon (":") character.
  • Space characters are permitted in a description field—if the entire description field is enclosed in double quotes (for example, "description field").
  • Both * and > are wildcards, and cannot be used in names except as wildcards.

    For more information about wildcards, see Wildcards.

  • Dot separates elements within a destination name (foo.bar.*) and can be used only for that purpose.