From 546fb3afd355b7d64f9561f8a37ee683f2a2e6db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@libreserver.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:42:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Replying to remote posts

---
 utils.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 652ca496b..b6c585cda 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -1754,7 +1754,8 @@ def can_reply_to(base_dir: str, nickname: str, domain: str,
     if not post_json_object:
         post_filename = locate_post(base_dir, nickname, domain, post_url)
         if not post_filename:
-            return False
+            # the post is not stored locally
+            return True
         post_json_object = load_json(post_filename)
     if not post_json_object:
         return False