diff --git a/src/pipeline.ts b/src/pipeline.ts
index 1c7a891d..8ab6b894 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.ts
+++ b/src/pipeline.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { isEphemeralKind } from '@/kinds.ts';
 import { DVM } from '@/pipeline/DVM.ts';
 import { updateStats } from '@/stats.ts';
 import { hydrateEvents, purifyEvent } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
-import { cache, client, eventsDB, reqmeister } from '@/storages.ts';
+import { cache, eventsDB, reqmeister } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { Sub } from '@/subs.ts';
 import { getTagSet } from '@/tags.ts';
 import { eventAge, isRelay, nostrDate, nostrNow, parseNip05, Time } from '@/utils.ts';
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ async function handleEvent(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal): Promise<void
     processMedia(event),
     payZap(event, signal),
     streamOut(event),
-    broadcast(event, signal),
   ]);
 }
 
@@ -257,22 +256,6 @@ function streamOut(event: NostrEvent) {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- * Publish the event to other relays.
- * This should only be done in certain circumstances, like mentioning a user or publishing deletions.
- */
-async function broadcast(event: DittoEvent, signal: AbortSignal) {
-  if (!event.user || !isFresh(event)) return;
-
-  if (event.kind === 5) {
-    try {
-      await client.event(event, { signal });
-    } catch (e) {
-      debug(e);
-    }
-  }
-}
-
 /** NIP-20 command line result. */
 class RelayError extends Error {
   constructor(prefix: 'duplicate' | 'pow' | 'blocked' | 'rate-limited' | 'invalid' | 'error', message: string) {
diff --git a/src/storages/pool-store.ts b/src/storages/pool-store.ts
index 3d4b5d43..ec32ab47 100644
--- a/src/storages/pool-store.ts
+++ b/src/storages/pool-store.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
 import { normalizeFilters } from '@/filter.ts';
 import { purifyEvent } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
 import { abortError } from '@/utils/abort.ts';
+import { getRelays } from '@/utils/outbox.ts';
+import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
 
 interface PoolStoreOpts {
   pool: InstanceType<typeof RelayPoolWorker>;
@@ -34,12 +36,16 @@ class PoolStore implements NStore {
     this.#publisher = opts.publisher;
   }
 
-  event(event: NostrEvent, opts: NStoreOpts = {}): Promise<void> {
+  async event(event: NostrEvent, opts: NStoreOpts = {}): Promise<void> {
     if (opts.signal?.aborted) return Promise.reject(abortError());
-    const { relays = this.#relays } = opts;
+
+    const relaySet = await getRelays(event.pubkey);
+    relaySet.delete(Conf.relay);
+
+    const relays = [...relaySet].slice(0, 4);
 
     event = purifyEvent(event);
-    this.#debug('EVENT', event);
+    this.#debug('EVENT', event, relays);
 
     this.#pool.publish(event, relays);
     return Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/src/utils/api.ts b/src/utils/api.ts
index 476f854f..c458c50e 100644
--- a/src/utils/api.ts
+++ b/src/utils/api.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {
 import * as pipeline from '@/pipeline.ts';
 import { AdminSigner } from '@/signers/AdminSigner.ts';
 import { APISigner } from '@/signers/APISigner.ts';
-import { eventsDB } from '@/storages.ts';
+import { client, eventsDB } from '@/storages.ts';
 import { nostrNow } from '@/utils.ts';
 
 const debug = Debug('ditto:api');
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ async function createAdminEvent(t: EventStub, c: AppContext): Promise<NostrEvent
 async function publishEvent(event: NostrEvent, c: AppContext): Promise<NostrEvent> {
   debug('EVENT', event);
   try {
-    await pipeline.handleEvent(event, c.req.raw.signal);
+    await Promise.all([
+      pipeline.handleEvent(event, c.req.raw.signal),
+      client.event(event),
+    ]);
   } catch (e) {
     if (e instanceof pipeline.RelayError) {
       throw new HTTPException(422, {
diff --git a/src/utils/outbox.ts b/src/utils/outbox.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8189fe25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/outbox.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { Conf } from '@/config.ts';
+import { eventsDB } from '@/storages.ts';
+
+export async function getRelays(pubkey: string): Promise<Set<string>> {
+  const relays = new Set<`wss://${string}`>();
+
+  const events = await eventsDB.query([
+    { kinds: [10002], authors: [pubkey, Conf.pubkey], limit: 2 },
+  ]);
+
+  for (const event of events) {
+    for (const [name, relay, marker] of event.tags) {
+      if (name === 'r' && (marker === 'write' || !marker)) {
+        try {
+          const url = new URL(relay);
+          if (url.protocol === 'wss:') {
+            relays.add(url.toString() as `wss://${string}`);
+          }
+        } catch (_e) {
+          // do nothing
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return relays;
+}