diff --git a/include/spool_post.php b/include/spool_post.php
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+++ b/include/spool_post.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * @file include/spool_post.php
+ * @brief Posts items that wer spooled because they couldn't be posted.
+ */
+require_once("boot.php");
+require_once("include/items.php");
+
+function spool_post_run($argv, $argc) {
+	global $a, $db;
+
+	if (is_null($a)) {
+		$a = new App;
+	}
+
+	if (is_null($db)) {
+		@include(".htconfig.php");
+		require_once("include/dba.php");
+		$db = new dba($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+		unset($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_data);
+	}
+
+	load_config('config');
+	load_config('system');
+
+	$path = get_spoolpath();
+
+	if (is_writable($path)){
+		if ($dh = opendir($path)) {
+			while (($file = readdir($dh)) !== false) {
+				$fullfile = $path."/".$file;
+				if (filetype($fullfile) != "file") {
+					continue;
+				}
+				$arr = json_decode(file_get_contents($fullfile), true);
+				$result = item_store($arr);
+				logger("Spool file ".$file." stored: ".$result, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+				unlink($fullfile);
+			}
+			closedir($dh);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+if (array_search(__file__, get_included_files()) === 0) {
+	spool_post_run($_SERVER["argv"], $_SERVER["argc"]);
+	killme();
+}
+?>