diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
index 8f47227..17d585b 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
@@ -301,6 +301,55 @@ clientAPI = Proxy
 relayInboxClient :<|> subscriptionDeliveryClient :<|> postFetchClient :<|> postMultiFetchClient :<|> postInboxClient :<|> tagDeliveryClient :<|> tagSubscribeClient :<|> tagUnsubscribeClient = client clientAPI
 
 
+-- | Deliver the subscriber list of all hashtags in the interval [fromTag, toTag]
+-- and their outstanding delivery queue to another instance.
+-- If the transfer succeeds, the transfered subscribers are removed from the local list.
+clientDeliverSubscriptions :: PostService d
+                           -> Hashtag -- ^ fromTag
+                           -> Hashtag -- ^ toTag
+                           -> (String, Int)     -- ^ hostname and port of instance to deliver to
+                           -> IO (Either String ())     -- Either signals success or failure
+clientDeliverSubscriptions serv fromTag toTag (toHost, toPort) = do
+    -- collect tag intearval
+    intervalTags <- takeRMapSuccessorsFromTo (genKeyID $ Txt.unpack fromTag) (genKeyID $ Txt.unpack toTag) <$> readTVarIO (subscribers serv)
+    -- returns a [ (TagSubscribersSTM, TChan PostID, Hashtag) ]
+    -- extract subscribers and posts
+    -- no need for extracting as a single atomic operation, as newly incoming posts are supposed to be rejected because of already having re-positioned on the DHT
+    subscriberData <- foldM (\response (subSTM, _, tag) -> do
+        subMap <- readTVarIO subSTM
+        thisTagsData <- foldM (\tagResponse (subscriber, (subChan, lease)) -> do
+            -- duplicate the pending queue to work on a copy, in case of a delivery error
+            pending <- atomically $ do
+                queueCopy <- cloneTChan subChan
+                channelGetAll queueCopy
+            if null pending
+               then pure tagResponse
+               else pure $ tag <> "," <> Txt.pack (show subscriber) <> "," <> Txt.pack (show lease) <> "," <> Txt.unwords pending <> "\n"
+              )
+            ""
+            (HMap.toList subMap)
+        pure $ thisTagsData <> response
+            )
+        ""
+        intervalTags
+    -- send subscribers
+    httpMan <- HTTP.newManager HTTP.defaultManagerSettings
+    resp <- runClientM (subscriptionDeliveryClient subscriberData) (mkClientEnv httpMan (BaseUrl Http toHost (fromIntegral toPort) ""))
+    -- on failure return a Left, otherwise delete subscription entry
+    case resp of
+      Left err -> pure . Left . show $ err
+      Right _ -> do
+          atomically $
+              modifyTVar' (subscribers serv) $ \tagMap ->
+                  foldr deleteRMapEntry tagMap ((\(_, _, t) -> genKeyID . Txt.unpack $ t) <$> intervalTags) 
+          pure . Right $ ()
+  where
+      channelGetAll :: TChan a -> STM [a]
+      channelGetAll chan = channelGetAll' chan []
+      channelGetAll' :: TChan a -> [a] -> STM [a]
+      channelGetAll' chan acc = do
+          haveRead <- tryReadTChan chan
+          maybe (pure acc) (\x -> channelGetAll' chan (x:acc)) haveRead
 
 -- currently this is unused code
 getClients :: String -> Int -> HTTP.Manager -> Client IO PostServiceAPI
@@ -407,7 +456,7 @@ instance {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} Read a => MimeUnrender PlainText a where
 
 -- ====== worker threads ======
 
--- | process the pending relays of incoming posts from the internal queue:
+-- | process the pending relay inbox of incoming posts from the internal queue:
 -- Look up responsible relay node for given hashtag and forward post to it
 processIncomingPosts :: DHT d => PostService d -> IO ()
 processIncomingPosts serv = forever $ do
@@ -422,5 +471,11 @@ processIncomingPosts serv = forever $ do
         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
+          Left err  -> do
+              putStrLn $ "Error: " <> show err
+              -- 410 error indicates outdated responsibility mapping
+              -- Simplification: just invalidate the mapping entry on all errors, force a re-lookup and re-queue the post
+              -- TODO: keep track of maximum retries
+              _ <- forceLookupKey (baseDHT serv) (Txt.unpack tag)
+              atomically . writeTQueue (relayInQueue serv) $ (tag, pID, pContent)
           Right yay -> putStrLn $ "Yay! " <> show yay
diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/RingMap.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/RingMap.hs
index 9b439e9..e99f8b2 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/RingMap.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/RingMap.hs
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ takeRMapPredecessorsFromTo :: (Bounded k, Ord k, Num k)
                            -> [a]
 takeRMapPredecessorsFromTo fromVal toVal rmap = takeEntriesUntil_ rmap rMapLookupPred toVal fromVal Nothing []
 
-takeRMapSuccesorsFromTo :: (Bounded k, Ord k, Num k)
+takeRMapSuccessorsFromTo :: (Bounded k, Ord k, Num k)
                            => k     -- start value for taking
                            -> k     -- stop value for taking
                            -> RingMap k a
                            -> [a]
-takeRMapSuccesorsFromTo fromVal toVal rmap = takeEntriesUntil_ rmap rMapLookupSucc toVal fromVal Nothing []
+takeRMapSuccessorsFromTo fromVal toVal rmap = takeEntriesUntil_ rmap rMapLookupSucc toVal fromVal Nothing []