diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
index 17d585b..8f47227 100644
--- a/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
+++ b/src/Hash2Pub/PostService.hs
@@ -301,55 +301,6 @@ 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
@@ -456,7 +407,7 @@ instance {-# OVERLAPPABLE #-} Read a => MimeUnrender PlainText a where
 
 -- ====== worker threads ======
 
--- | process the pending relay inbox of incoming posts from the internal queue:
+-- | process the pending relays 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
@@ -471,11 +422,5 @@ 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  -> 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)
+          Left err  -> putStrLn $ "Error: " <> show err
           Right yay -> putStrLn $ "Yay! " <> show yay
diff --git a/src/Hash2Pub/RingMap.hs b/src/Hash2Pub/RingMap.hs
index e99f8b2..9b439e9 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 []
 
-takeRMapSuccessorsFromTo :: (Bounded k, Ord k, Num k)
+takeRMapSuccesorsFromTo :: (Bounded k, Ord k, Num k)
                            => k     -- start value for taking
                            -> k     -- stop value for taking
                            -> RingMap k a
                            -> [a]
-takeRMapSuccessorsFromTo fromVal toVal rmap = takeEntriesUntil_ rmap rMapLookupSucc toVal fromVal Nothing []
+takeRMapSuccesorsFromTo fromVal toVal rmap = takeEntriesUntil_ rmap rMapLookupSucc toVal fromVal Nothing []