diff --git a/lib/message_handler.rb b/lib/message_handler.rb
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-#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-module MessageHandler
-
-  NUM_TRIES = 3
-
-  def self.add_post_request(destinations, body)
-    b = CGI::escape( body )
-    [*destinations].each do |dest|
-      Resque.enqueue(Jobs::HttpPost, dest, body, NUM_TRIES)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/message_handler_spec.rb b/spec/lib/message_handler_spec.rb
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-#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
-#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
-#   the COPYRIGHT file.
-
-require 'spec_helper'
-
-describe MessageHandler do
-  let(:message_body) {"I want to pump you up"} 
-  let(:message_urls) {["http://www.google.com/", "http://yahoo.com/", "http://foo.com/"]}
-
-  describe 'POST messages' do
-    before do
-      @num_tries = MessageHandler::NUM_TRIES
-    end
-    it 'enqueues a POST' do
-      Resque.should_receive(:enqueue).with(Jobs::HttpPost, message_urls.first, message_body, @num_tries)
-      MessageHandler.add_post_request(message_urls.first, message_body)
-    end
-
-    it 'enqueues multiple POSTs' do
-      message_urls.each do |url|
-        Resque.should_receive(:enqueue).with(Jobs::HttpPost, url, message_body, @num_tries).once
-      end
-      MessageHandler.add_post_request(message_urls, message_body)
-    end
-  end
-end