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<h1 id="overview">Overview</h1>
<p>The Dispatch router is an AMQP router that provides advanced interconnect for AMQP.
It is <em>not</em> a broker. It will never assume ownership of a message. It will,
however, propagate settlement and disposition across a network such that delivery
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<p>The router is meant to be deployed in topologies of multiple routers, preferably with
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<h3 id="simplifies-connectivity">Simplifies connectivity</h3>
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<h3 id="simplifies-reliability">Simplifies reliability</h3>
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