diff --git a/include/ircd/m/event/append.h b/include/ircd/m/append.h
similarity index 90%
rename from include/ircd/m/event/append.h
rename to include/ircd/m/append.h
index 7fed15bc9..51df391eb 100644
--- a/include/ircd/m/event/append.h
+++ b/include/ircd/m/append.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Matrix Construct
 //
 // Copyright (C) Matrix Construct Developers, Authors & Contributors
-// Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2019 Jason Volk <jason@zemos.net>
 //
 // Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
 // purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // full license for this software is available in the LICENSE file.
 
 #pragma once
-#define HAVE_IRCD_M_EVENT_APPEND
+#define HAVE_IRCD_M_APPEND
 
 namespace ircd::m
 {
diff --git a/include/ircd/m/event/event.h b/include/ircd/m/event/event.h
index 546d09bd6..a48419578 100644
--- a/include/ircd/m/event/event.h
+++ b/include/ircd/m/event/event.h
@@ -156,7 +156,6 @@ struct ircd::m::event
 #include "cached.h"
 #include "prefetch.h"
 #include "conforms.h"
-#include "append.h"
 #include "pretty.h"
 
 inline ircd::m::event::operator
diff --git a/include/ircd/m/m.h b/include/ircd/m/m.h
index 7fd845fff..24c8b7dbf 100644
--- a/include/ircd/m/m.h
+++ b/include/ircd/m/m.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ namespace ircd::m
 #include "sync.h"
 #include "fetch.h"
 #include "breadcrumb_rooms.h"
+#include "append.h"
 
 struct ircd::m::init
 {
diff --git a/ircd/m_event.cc b/ircd/m_event.cc
index 92db91c59..d683a4764 100644
--- a/ircd/m_event.cc
+++ b/ircd/m_event.cc
@@ -415,6 +415,29 @@ ircd::m::append(json::stack::object &object,
 		};
 	#endif
 
+	if(opts.user_id && !visible(event, *opts.user_id))
+	{
+		log::debug
+		{
+			log, "Not sending event '%s' because not visible by '%s'",
+			string_view{event.event_id},
+			string_view{*opts.user_id}
+		};
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if(!json::get<"state_key"_>(event) && has_event_idx && m::redacted(*opts.event_idx))
+	{
+		log::debug
+		{
+			log, "Not sending event '%s' because redacted.",
+			string_view{event.event_id},
+		};
+
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if(!json::get<"state_key"_>(event) && has_user)
 	{
 		const m::user::ignores ignores{*opts.user_id};