diff --git a/doc/tools.md b/doc/tools.md
index 8746e9c150..1c3b8e119c 100644
--- a/doc/tools.md
+++ b/doc/tools.md
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ The console provides the following commands:
 * typo:                   Checks for parse errors in Friendica files
 * postupdate:             Execute pending post update scripts (can last days)
 * storage:                Manage storage backend
+* relay:                  Manage ActivityPub relay servers
 
 Please consult *bin/console help* on the command line interface of your server for details about the commands.
 
diff --git a/src/Console/Relay.php b/src/Console/Relay.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d7c8b3f70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Console/Relay.php
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) 2020, Friendica
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Console;
+
+use Asika\SimpleConsole\CommandArgsException;
+use Friendica\Model\APContact;
+use Friendica\Model\Contact;
+use Friendica\Protocol\ActivityPub\Transmitter;
+
+/**
+ * tool to control the list of ActivityPub relay servers from the CLI
+ *
+ * With this script you can access the relay servers of your node from
+ * the CLI.
+ */
+class Relay extends \Asika\SimpleConsole\Console
+{
+	protected $helpOptions = ['h', 'help', '?'];
+
+	/**
+	 * @var $dba Friendica\Database\Database
+	 */
+	private $dba;
+
+
+	protected function getHelp()
+	{
+		$help = <<<HELP
+console relay - Manage ActivityPub relay configuration
+Synopsis
+	bin/console relay [-h|--help|-?] [-v]
+	bin/console relay add <actor> [-h|--help|-?] [-v]
+	bin/console relay remove <actoor> [-h|--help|-?] [-v]
+
+Description
+	bin/console relay
+		Lists all active relay servers
+
+	bin/console relay add <actor>
+		Add a relay actor in the format https://relayserver.tld/actor
+
+	bin/console relay remove <actor>
+		Remove a relay actor in the format https://relayserver.tld/actor
+
+Options
+    -h|--help|-? Show help information
+    -v           Show more debug information.
+HELP;
+		return $help;
+	}
+
+	public function __construct(\Friendica\Database\Database $dba, array $argv = null)
+	{
+		parent::__construct($argv);
+
+		$this->dba = $dba;
+	}
+
+	protected function doExecute()
+	{
+		if ($this->getOption('v')) {
+			$this->out('Executable: ' . $this->executable);
+			$this->out('Class: ' . __CLASS__);
+			$this->out('Arguments: ' . var_export($this->args, true));
+			$this->out('Options: ' . var_export($this->options, true));
+		}
+
+		if (count($this->args) > 2) {
+			throw new CommandArgsException('Too many arguments');
+		}
+
+		if (count($this->args) == 1) {
+			throw new CommandArgsException('Too few arguments');
+		}
+
+		if (count($this->args) == 0) {
+			$contacts = $this->dba->select('apcontact', ['url'],
+			["`type` = ? AND `url` IN (SELECT `url` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = ? AND `rel` IN (?, ?))",
+				'Application', 0, Contact::FOLLOWER, Contact::FRIEND]);
+			while ($contact = $this->dba->fetch($contacts)) {
+				$this->out($contact['url']);
+			}
+			$this->dba->close($contacts);
+		}
+
+		if (count($this->args) == 2) {
+			$mode = $this->getArgument(0);
+			$actor = $this->getArgument(1);
+
+			$apcontact = APContact::getByURL($actor);
+			if (empty($apcontact) || ($apcontact['type'] != 'Application')) {
+				$this->out($actor . ' is no relay actor');
+				return 1;
+			}
+
+			if ($mode == 'add') {
+				if (Transmitter::sendRelayFollow($actor)) {
+					$this->out('Successfully added ' . $actor);
+				} else {
+					$this->out($actor . " couldn't be added");
+				}
+			} elseif ($mode == 'remove') {
+				if (Transmitter::sendRelayUndoFollow($actor)) {
+					$this->out('Successfully removed ' . $actor);
+				} else {
+					$this->out($actor . " couldn't be removed");
+				}
+			} else {
+				throw new CommandArgsException($mode . ' is no valid command');
+			}
+		}
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Core/Console.php b/src/Core/Console.php
index e08ea7f422..4a4dc13ef7 100644
--- a/src/Core/Console.php
+++ b/src/Core/Console.php
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Commands:
 	postupdate             Execute pending post update scripts (can last days)
 	serverblock            Manage blocked servers
 	storage                Manage storage backend
+	relay                  Manage ActivityPub relay servers
 
 Options:
 	-h|--help|-? Show help information
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ HELP;
 		'postupdate'             => Friendica\Console\PostUpdate::class,
 		'serverblock'            => Friendica\Console\ServerBlock::class,
 		'storage'                => Friendica\Console\Storage::class,
+		'relay'                  => Friendica\Console\Relay::class,
 	];
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
index 05c3abc01b..ea5251438d 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Receiver.php
@@ -163,11 +163,13 @@ class Receiver
 
 		if ($type != 'as:Announce') {
 			Logger::info('Not an announcement', ['activity' => $activity]);
+			return;
 		}
 
 		$object_id = JsonLD::fetchElement($activity, 'as:object', '@id');
 		if (empty($object_id)) {
 			Logger::info('No object id found', ['activity' => $activity]);
+			return;
 		}
 
 		Logger::info('Got relayed message id', ['id' => $object_id]);
@@ -179,6 +181,13 @@ class Receiver
 		}
 
 		Processor::fetchMissingActivity($object_id);
+
+		$item_id = Item::searchByLink($object_id);
+		if ($item_id) {
+			Logger::info('Relayed message had been fetched and stored', ['id' => $object_id, 'item' => $item_id]);
+		} else {
+			Logger::notice('Relayed message had not been stored', ['id' => $object_id]);
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
index 91042c06bb..dae783bd74 100644
--- a/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
+++ b/src/Protocol/ActivityPub/Transmitter.php
@@ -61,6 +61,68 @@ require_once 'mod/share.php';
  */
 class Transmitter
 {
+	/**
+	 * Add relay servers to the list of inboxes
+	 *
+	 * @param array $inboxes
+	 * @return array inboxes with added relay servers
+	 */
+	public static function addRelayServerInboxes(array $inboxes)
+	{
+		$contacts = DBA::select('apcontact', ['inbox'],
+			["`type` = ? AND `url` IN (SELECT `url` FROM `contact` WHERE `uid` = ? AND `rel` IN (?, ?))",
+				'Application', 0, Contact::FOLLOWER, Contact::FRIEND]);
+		while ($contact = DBA::fetch($contacts)) {
+			$inboxes[] = $contact['inbox'];
+		}
+		DBA::close($contacts);
+
+		return $inboxes;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Subscribe to a relay
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url Subscribe actor url
+	 * @return bool success
+	 */
+	public static function sendRelayFollow(string $url)
+	{
+		$contact_id = Contact::getIdForURL($url);
+		if (!$contact_id) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$activity_id = ActivityPub\Transmitter::activityIDFromContact($contact_id);
+		$success = ActivityPub\Transmitter::sendActivity('Follow', $url, 0, $activity_id);
+		if ($success) {
+			DBA::update('contact', ['rel' => Contact::FRIEND], ['id' => $contact_id]);
+		}
+
+		return $success;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Unsubscribe from a relay
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url Subscribe actor url
+	 * @return bool success
+	 */
+	public static function sendRelayUndoFollow(string $url)
+	{
+		$contact_id = Contact::getIdForURL($url);
+		if (!$contact_id) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		$success = self::sendContactUndo($url, $contact_id, 0);
+		if ($success) {
+			DBA::update('contact', ['rel' => Contact::SHARING], ['id' => $contact_id]);
+		}
+
+		return $success;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Collects a list of contacts of the given owner
 	 *
@@ -1917,18 +1979,19 @@ class Transmitter
 	 * @throws \Friendica\Network\HTTPException\InternalServerErrorException
 	 * @throws \ImagickException
 	 * @throws \Exception
+	 * @return bool success
 	 */
 	public static function sendContactUndo($target, $cid, $uid)
 	{
 		$profile = APContact::getByURL($target);
 		if (empty($profile['inbox'])) {
 			Logger::warning('No inbox found for target', ['target' => $target, 'profile' => $profile]);
-			return;
+			return false;
 		}
 
 		$object_id = self::activityIDFromContact($cid);
 		if (empty($object_id)) {
-			return;
+			return false;
 		}
 
 		$id = DI::baseUrl() . '/activity/' . System::createGUID();
@@ -1947,7 +2010,7 @@ class Transmitter
 		Logger::log('Sending undo to ' . $target . ' for user ' . $uid . ' with id ' . $id, Logger::DEBUG);
 
 		$signed = LDSignature::sign($data, $owner);
-		HTTPSignature::transmit($signed, $profile['inbox'], $uid);
+		return HTTPSignature::transmit($signed, $profile['inbox'], $uid);
 	}
 
 	private static function prependMentions($body, int $uriid)
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index 3ee75bbb0a..69b684feb7 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -786,6 +786,11 @@ class Notifier
 
 		if ($target_item['origin']) {
 			$inboxes = ActivityPub\Transmitter::fetchTargetInboxes($target_item, $uid);
+
+			if (in_array($target_item['private'], [Item::PUBLIC])) {
+				$inboxes = ActivityPub\Transmitter::addRelayServerInboxes($inboxes);
+			}
+
 			Logger::log('Origin item ' . $target_item['id'] . ' with URL ' . $target_item['uri'] . ' will be distributed.', Logger::DEBUG);
 		} elseif (Item::isForumPost($target_item, $owner)) {
 			$inboxes = ActivityPub\Transmitter::fetchTargetInboxes($target_item, $uid, false, 0, true);