diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 76f4f46939..e46c52a180 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require_once('include/nav.php');
 require_once('include/cache.php');
 
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_PLATFORM',     'Friendica');
-define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.3.1156' );
+define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.3.1157' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.22'    );
 define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1102      );
 
diff --git a/include/diaspora.php b/include/diaspora.php
index 85be13a30c..7e1e034d67 100644
--- a/include/diaspora.php
+++ b/include/diaspora.php
@@ -1728,15 +1728,35 @@ function diaspora_transmit($owner,$contact,$slap,$public_batch) {
 
 	$a = get_app();
 	$logid = random_string(4);
-	logger('diaspora_transmit: ' . $logid . ' ' . (($public_batch) ? $contact['batch'] : $contact['notify']));
-	post_url((($public_batch) ? $contact['batch'] : $contact['notify']) . '/',$slap);
+	$dest_url = (($public_batch) ? $contact['batch'] : $contact['notify']);
+	if(! $dest_url) {
+		logger('diaspora_transmit: no url for contact: ' . $contact['id'] . ' batch mode =' . $public_batch);
+		return 0;
+	} 
+
+	logger('diaspora_transmit: ' . $logid . ' ' . $dest_url);
+
+	post_url($dest_url . '/', $slap);
+
 	$return_code = $a->get_curl_code();
 	logger('diaspora_transmit: ' . $logid . ' returns: ' . $return_code);
 
-	if((! $return_code) || (($curl_stat == 503) && (stristr($a->get_curl_headers(),'retry-after')))) {
+	if((! $return_code) || (($return_code == 503) && (stristr($a->get_curl_headers(),'retry-after')))) {
 		logger('diaspora_transmit: queue message');
-		// queue message for redelivery
-		add_to_queue($contact['id'],NETWORK_DIASPORA,$slap,$public_batch);
+
+		$r = q("SELECT id from queue where cid = %d and network = '%s' and content = '%s' and batch = %d limit 1",
+			intval($contact['id']),
+			dbesc(NETWORK_DIASPORA),
+			dbesc($slap),
+			intval($public_batch)
+		);
+		if(count($r)) {
+			logger('diaspora_transmit: add_to_queue ignored - identical item already in queue');
+		}
+		else {
+			// queue message for redelivery
+			add_to_queue($contact['id'],NETWORK_DIASPORA,$slap,$public_batch);
+		}
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index cc53a17c42..a4fe9b71e0 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 
 		/**
 		 *
-		 * Be VERY CAREFUL if you make any changes to the following lines. Seemingly innocuous changes 
+		 * Be VERY CAREFUL if you make any changes to the following several lines. Seemingly innocuous changes 
 		 * have been known to cause runaway conditions which affected several servers, along with 
 		 * permissions issues. 
 		 *
@@ -218,6 +218,17 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 			$relay_to_owner = true;
 		}
 
+		// until the 'origin' flag has been in use for several months
+		// we will just use it as a fallback test
+		// later we will be able to use it as the primary test of whether or not to relay.
+
+		if(! $target_item['origin'])
+			$relay_to_owner = false;
+
+		if($parent['origin'])
+			$relay_to_owner = false;
+
+
 
 		if($relay_to_owner) {
 			logger('notifier: followup', LOGGER_DEBUG);