diff --git a/include/items.php b/include/items.php
index 381032629a..caf4973457 100644
--- a/include/items.php
+++ b/include/items.php
@@ -2033,13 +2033,12 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 
 			$community = false;
 
-//			if($importer['page-flags'] == PAGE_COMMUNITY) {
-//				$sql_extra = '';
-//				$community = true;
-//				logger('local_delivery: community reply');
-//			}
-//			else
-
+			if($importer['page-flags'] == PAGE_COMMUNITY) {
+				$sql_extra = '';
+				$community = true;
+				logger('local_delivery: community reply');
+			}
+			else
 				$sql_extra = " and contact.self = 1 and item.wall = 1 ";
  
 			// was the top-level post for this reply written by somebody on this site? 
@@ -2113,14 +2112,14 @@ function local_delivery($importer,$data) {
 					}
 				}
 
-				if($community) {
-					$newtag = '@[url=' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $importer['nickname'] . ']' . $importer['username'] . '[/url]';
-					if(! stristr($datarray['tag'],$newtag)) {
-						if(strlen($datarray['tag']))
-							$datarray['tag'] .= ',';
-						$datarray['tag'] .= $newtag;
-					}
-				}
+// 				if($community) {
+//					$newtag = '@[url=' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/profile/' . $importer['nickname'] . ']' . $importer['username'] . '[/url]';
+//					if(! stristr($datarray['tag'],$newtag)) {
+//						if(strlen($datarray['tag']))
+//							$datarray['tag'] .= ',';
+//						$datarray['tag'] .= $newtag;
+//					}
+//				}
 
 
 				$posted_id = item_store($datarray);
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index a4fe9b71e0..c81ca2d153 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -218,6 +218,11 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 			$relay_to_owner = true;
 		}
 
+
+		if(($cmd === 'uplink') && (intval($parent['forum_mode'])) && (! $top_level)) {
+			$relay_to_owner = true;			
+		} 
+
 		// until the 'origin' flag has been in use for several months
 		// we will just use it as a fallback test
 		// later we will be able to use it as the primary test of whether or not to relay.
@@ -259,6 +264,13 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 			$deny_people  = expand_acl($parent['deny_cid']);
 			$deny_groups  = expand_groups(expand_acl($parent['deny_gid']));
 
+			// if our parent is a forum, uplink to the origonal author causing
+			// a delivery fork
+
+			if(intval($parent['forum_mode']) && (! $top_level) && ($cmd !== 'uplink')) {
+				proc_run('php','include/notifier','uplink',$item_id);
+			}
+
 			$conversants = array();
 
 			foreach($items as $item) {