nostr relays do not forward events to other relays by default. clients must connect to and publish events to multiple relays directly for propagation. the "relay" name refers to distributing events to connected clients, not inter-relay messaging.
nostr-protocol/nips 01.md
https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/01.md
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