diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
index 76dab47..e9144df 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
@@ -271,6 +271,18 @@ clientAPI = Proxy
 
 relayInboxClient :<|> subscriptionDeliveryClient :<|> postFetchClient :<|> postMultiFetchClient :<|> postInboxClient :<|> tagDeliveryClient :<|> tagSubscribeClient :<|> tagUnsubscribeClient = client clientAPI
 
+
+
+-- currently this is unused code
+getClients :: String -> Int -> HTTP.Manager -> Client IO PostServiceAPI
+getClients hostname' port' httpMan = hoistClient clientAPI
+    (fmap (either (error . show) id)
+    . flip runClientM clientEnv
+    )
+    (client clientAPI)
+  where
+      clientEnv = mkClientEnv httpMan (BaseUrl Http hostname' port' "")
+
 -- ======= data structure manipulations =========
 
 -- | Write all pending posts of a subscriber-tag-combination to its queue.
@@ -372,11 +384,14 @@ processIncomingPosts :: DHT d => PostService d -> IO ()
 processIncomingPosts serv = forever $ do
     -- blocks until available
     -- TODO: process multiple in parallel
-    (t, pID, pC) <- atomically . readTQueue $ relayInQueue serv
-    lookupRes <- lookupKey (baseDHT serv) (Txt.unpack t)
+    (tag, pID, pContent) <- atomically . readTQueue $ relayInQueue serv
+    lookupRes <- lookupKey (baseDHT serv) (Txt.unpack tag)
     case lookupRes of
       -- no vserver active => wait and retry
       Nothing -> threadDelay $ 10 * 10^6
       Just (responsibleHost, responsiblePort) -> do
-        -- TODO: do actual HTTP requests
-        pure ()
+        httpMan <- HTTP.newManager HTTP.defaultManagerSettings
+        resp <- runClientM (relayInboxClient tag (pID <> "," <> pContent)) (mkClientEnv httpMan (BaseUrl Http responsibleHost (fromIntegral responsiblePort) ""))
+        case resp of
+          Left err -> putStrLn $ "Error: " <> show err
+          Right yay -> putStrLn $ "Yay! " <> show yay