diff --git a/action.c b/action.c
index 5263f0279..b21e122f6 100644
--- a/action.c
+++ b/action.c
@@ -482,80 +482,6 @@ int do_action(struct run_act_ctx* h, struct action* a, struct sip_msg* msg)
 				ret=E_BUG;
 				goto error;
 			}
-			break;
-		case SEND_T:
-		case SEND_TCP_T:
-			if (a->val[0].type==URIHOST_ST){
-				/*get next hop uri uri*/
-				if (msg->dst_uri.len) {
-					ret = parse_uri(msg->dst_uri.s, msg->dst_uri.len,
-									&next_hop);
-					u = &next_hop;
-				} else {
-					ret = parse_sip_msg_uri(msg);
-					u = &msg->parsed_uri;
-				}
-
-				if (ret<0) {
-					LM_ERR("send() - bad_uri dropping packet\n");
-					ret=E_BUG;
-					goto error;
-				}
-				/* init dst */
-				init_dest_info(&dst);
-				ret = sip_hostport2su(&dst.to, &u->host, u->port_no,
-							&dst.proto);
-				if(ret!=0) {
-					LM_ERR("failed to resolve [%.*s]\n", u->host.len,
-						ZSW(u->host.s));
-					ret=E_BUG;
-					goto error;
-				}
-			} else {
-				if ((a->val[0].type!= PROXY_ST)|(a->val[1].type!=NUMBER_ST)){
-					LOG(L_CRIT, "BUG: do_action: bad send() types %d, %d\n",
-							a->val[0].type, a->val[1].type);
-					ret=E_BUG;
-					goto error;
-				}
-				/* init dst */
-				init_dest_info(&dst);
-				ret=proxy2su(&dst.to,  (struct proxy_l*)a->val[0].u.data);
-				if(ret==0)
-					proxy_mark((struct proxy_l*)a->val[0].u.data, ret);
-			}
-			if (ret==0){
-				if (p_onsend){
-					tmp=p_onsend->buf;
-					len=p_onsend->len;
-				}else{
-					tmp=msg->buf;
-					len=msg->len;
-				}
-				if (a->type==SEND_T){
-					/*udp*/
-					dst.proto=PROTO_UDP; /* not really needed for udp_send */
-					dst.send_sock=get_send_socket(msg, &dst.to, PROTO_UDP);
-					if (dst.send_sock!=0){
-						ret=udp_send(&dst, tmp, len);
-					}else{
-						ret=-1;
-					}
-				}
-#ifdef USE_TCP
-					else{
-						/*tcp*/
-						dst.proto=PROTO_TCP;
-						dst.id=0;
-						ret=tcp_send(&dst, 0, tmp, len);
-				}
-#endif
-			}else{
-				ret=E_BUG;
-				goto error;
-			}
-			if (ret>=0) ret=1;
-
 			break;
 		case LOG_T:
 			if ((a->val[0].type!=NUMBER_ST)|(a->val[1].type!=STRING_ST)){
diff --git a/cfg.lex b/cfg.lex
index e9ce79a1d..5042ca34e 100644
--- a/cfg.lex
+++ b/cfg.lex
@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ DROP	"drop"
 EXIT	"exit"
 RETURN	"return"
 BREAK	"break"
-SEND	send
-SEND_TCP	send_tcp
 LOG		log
 ERROR	error
 ROUTE	route
@@ -603,8 +601,6 @@ IMPORTFILE      "import_file"
 <INITIAL>{EXIT}	{ count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return EXIT; }
 <INITIAL>{RETURN}	{ count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return RETURN; }
 <INITIAL>{BREAK}	{ count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return BREAK; }
-<INITIAL>{SEND}	{ count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return SEND; }
-<INITIAL>{SEND_TCP}	{ count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return SEND_TCP; }
 <INITIAL>{LOG}	{ count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return LOG_TOK; }
 <INITIAL>{ERROR}	{ count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return ERROR; }
 <INITIAL>{SETFLAG}	{ count(); yylval.strval=yytext; return SETFLAG; }
diff --git a/cfg.y b/cfg.y
index 08872830e..425754051 100644
--- a/cfg.y
+++ b/cfg.y
@@ -305,8 +305,6 @@ extern char *finame;
 %token FORWARD_TLS
 %token FORWARD_SCTP
 %token FORWARD_UDP
-%token SEND
-%token SEND_TCP
 %token EXIT
 %token DROP
 %token RETURN
@@ -3157,24 +3155,6 @@ cmd:
 	| FORWARD_SCTP error { $$=0; yyerror("missing '(' or ')' ?"); }
 	| FORWARD_SCTP LPAREN error RPAREN { $$=0; 
 									yyerror("bad forward_tls argument"); }
-	| SEND LPAREN RPAREN { $$=mk_action(SEND_T, 2, URIHOST_ST, 0, URIPORT_ST, 0); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND LPAREN host RPAREN	{ $$=mk_action(SEND_T, 2, STRING_ST, $3, NUMBER_ST, 0); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND LPAREN STRING RPAREN { $$=mk_action(SEND_T, 2, STRING_ST, $3, NUMBER_ST, 0); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND LPAREN ip RPAREN		{ $$=mk_action(SEND_T, 2, IP_ST, (void*)$3, NUMBER_ST, 0); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND LPAREN host COMMA NUMBER RPAREN	{ $$=mk_action(SEND_T, 2, STRING_ST, $3, NUMBER_ST, (void*)$5); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND LPAREN STRING COMMA NUMBER RPAREN {$$=mk_action(SEND_T, 2, STRING_ST, $3, NUMBER_ST, (void*)$5); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND LPAREN ip COMMA NUMBER RPAREN { $$=mk_action(SEND_T, 2, IP_ST, (void*)$3, NUMBER_ST, (void*)$5); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND error { $$=0; yyerror("missing '(' or ')' ?"); }
-	| SEND LPAREN error RPAREN { $$=0; yyerror("bad send argument"); }
-	| SEND_TCP LPAREN RPAREN { $$=mk_action(SEND_TCP_T, 2, URIHOST_ST, 0, URIPORT_ST, 0); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND_TCP LPAREN host RPAREN	{ $$=mk_action(SEND_TCP_T, 2, STRING_ST, $3, NUMBER_ST, 0); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND_TCP LPAREN STRING RPAREN { $$=mk_action(SEND_TCP_T, 2, STRING_ST, $3, NUMBER_ST, 0); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND_TCP LPAREN ip RPAREN	{ $$=mk_action(SEND_TCP_T, 2, IP_ST, (void*)$3, NUMBER_ST, 0); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND_TCP LPAREN host COMMA NUMBER RPAREN	{ $$=mk_action(	SEND_TCP_T, 2, STRING_ST, $3, NUMBER_ST, (void*)$5); set_cfg_pos($$);}
-	| SEND_TCP LPAREN STRING COMMA NUMBER RPAREN {$$=mk_action(SEND_TCP_T, 2, STRING_ST, $3, NUMBER_ST, (void*)$5); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND_TCP LPAREN ip COMMA NUMBER RPAREN { $$=mk_action(SEND_TCP_T, 2, IP_ST, (void*)$3, NUMBER_ST, (void*)$5); set_cfg_pos($$); }
-	| SEND_TCP error { $$=0; yyerror("missing '(' or ')' ?"); }
-	| SEND_TCP LPAREN error RPAREN { $$=0; yyerror("bad send_tcp argument"); }
 	| LOG_TOK LPAREN STRING RPAREN	{$$=mk_action(LOG_T, 2, NUMBER_ST,
 										(void*)(L_DBG+1), STRING_ST, $3);
 									set_cfg_pos($$); }
diff --git a/modules/corex/corex_lib.c b/modules/corex/corex_lib.c
index 1f69847ea..cfe49fd1e 100644
--- a/modules/corex/corex_lib.c
+++ b/modules/corex/corex_lib.c
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "../../dprint.h"
 #include "../../dset.h"
 #include "../../forward.h"
+#include "../../parser/parse_uri.h"
+#include "../../resolve.h"
 
 #include "corex_lib.h"
 
@@ -211,3 +213,88 @@ int corex_register_check_self(void)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int corex_send(sip_msg_t *msg, gparam_t *pu, enum sip_protos proto)
+{
+	str dest = {0};
+	int ret = 0;
+	struct sip_uri next_hop, *u;
+	struct dest_info dst;
+	char *p;
+
+	if (pu)
+	{
+		if (fixup_get_svalue(msg, pu, &dest))
+		{
+			LM_ERR("cannot get the destination parameter\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	init_dest_info(&dst);
+
+	if (dest.len <= 0)
+	{
+		/*get next hop uri uri*/
+		if (msg->dst_uri.len) {
+			ret = parse_uri(msg->dst_uri.s, msg->dst_uri.len,
+							&next_hop);
+			u = &next_hop;
+		} else {
+			ret = parse_sip_msg_uri(msg);
+			u = &msg->parsed_uri;
+		}
+
+		if (ret<0) {
+			LM_ERR("send() - bad_uri dropping packet\n");
+			ret=E_BUG;
+			goto error;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		u = &next_hop;
+		u->port_no = 5060;
+		u->host = dest;
+		p = memchr(dest.s, ':', dest.len);
+		if (p)
+		{
+			u->host.len = p - dest.s;
+			p++;
+			u->port_no = str2s(p, dest.len - (p - dest.s), NULL);
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = sip_hostport2su(&dst.to, &u->host, u->port_no,
+				&dst.proto);
+	if(ret!=0) {
+		LM_ERR("failed to resolve [%.*s]\n", u->host.len,
+			ZSW(u->host.s));
+		ret=E_BUG;
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	dst.proto = proto;
+	if (proto == PROTO_UDP)
+	{
+		dst.send_sock=get_send_socket(msg, &dst.to, PROTO_UDP);
+		if (dst.send_sock!=0){
+			ret=udp_send(&dst, msg->buf, msg->len);
+		}else{
+			ret=-1;
+		}
+	}
+#ifdef USE_TCP
+	else{
+		/*tcp*/
+		dst.id=0;
+		ret=tcp_send(&dst, 0, msg->buf, msg->len);
+	}
+#endif
+
+	if (ret>=0) ret=1;
+
+
+error:
+	return ret;
+}
diff --git a/modules/corex/corex_lib.h b/modules/corex/corex_lib.h
index 49fa712ef..433e28a0f 100644
--- a/modules/corex/corex_lib.h
+++ b/modules/corex/corex_lib.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "../../mod_fix.h"
 
 int corex_append_branch(sip_msg_t *msg, gparam_t *pu, gparam_t *pq);
+int corex_send(sip_msg_t *msg, gparam_t *pu, enum sip_protos proto);
 
 int corex_add_alias_subdomains(char* aliasval);
 
diff --git a/modules/corex/corex_mod.c b/modules/corex/corex_mod.c
index 5b4690c77..bddba039c 100644
--- a/modules/corex/corex_mod.c
+++ b/modules/corex/corex_mod.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 MODULE_VERSION
 
 static int w_append_branch(sip_msg_t *msg, char *su, char *sq);
+static int w_send(sip_msg_t *msg, char *su, char *sq);
+static int w_send_tcp(sip_msg_t *msg, char *su, char *sq);
 
 int corex_alias_subdomains_param(modparam_t type, void *val);
 
@@ -48,6 +50,14 @@ static cmd_export_t cmds[]={
 			0, REQUEST_ROUTE | FAILURE_ROUTE },
 	{"append_branch", (cmd_function)w_append_branch, 2, fixup_spve_spve,
 			0, REQUEST_ROUTE | FAILURE_ROUTE },
+	{"send", (cmd_function)w_send, 0, 0,
+			0, REQUEST_ROUTE | FAILURE_ROUTE },
+	{"send", (cmd_function)w_send, 1, fixup_spve_spve,
+			0, REQUEST_ROUTE | FAILURE_ROUTE },
+	{"send_tcp", (cmd_function)w_send_tcp, 0, 0,
+			0, REQUEST_ROUTE | FAILURE_ROUTE },
+	{"send_tcp", (cmd_function)w_send_tcp, 1, fixup_spve_null,
+			0, REQUEST_ROUTE | FAILURE_ROUTE },
 
 
 	{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}
@@ -123,6 +133,22 @@ static int w_append_branch(sip_msg_t *msg, char *su, char *sq)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/**
+ * config wrapper for send() and send_tcp()
+ */
+static int w_send(sip_msg_t *msg, char *su, char *sq)
+{
+	if(corex_send(msg, (gparam_t*)su, PROTO_UDP) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	return 1;
+}
+static int w_send_tcp(sip_msg_t *msg, char *su, char *sq)
+{
+	if(corex_send(msg, (gparam_t*)su, PROTO_TCP) < 0)
+		return -1;
+	return 1;
+}
+
 
 int corex_alias_subdomains_param(modparam_t type, void *val)
 {
diff --git a/modules/debugger/debugger_act.c b/modules/debugger/debugger_act.c
index e9372fa2b..e825054ca 100644
--- a/modules/debugger/debugger_act.c
+++ b/modules/debugger/debugger_act.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ static str _dbg_action_special[] = {
 
 static dbg_action_t _dbg_action_list[] = {
 	{ FORWARD_T, str_init("forward") },
-	{ SEND_T, str_init("send") },
 	{ LOG_T, str_init("log") },
 	{ ERROR_T, str_init("error") },
 	{ ROUTE_T, str_init("route") },
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ static dbg_action_t _dbg_action_list[] = {
 	{ FORWARD_UDP_T, str_init("forward_udp") },
 	{ FORWARD_TLS_T, str_init("forward_tls") },
 	{ FORWARD_SCTP_T, str_init("forward_sctp") },
-	{ SEND_TCP_T, str_init("send_tcp") },
 	{ FORCE_RPORT_T, str_init("force_rport") },
 	{ ADD_LOCAL_RPORT_T, str_init("add_local_rport") },
 	{ SET_ADV_ADDR_T, str_init("set_adv_addr") },
diff --git a/route.c b/route.c
index 7990cfd1c..17c1b5690 100644
--- a/route.c
+++ b/route.c
@@ -663,8 +663,6 @@ int fix_actions(struct action* a)
 			case FORWARD_TCP_T:
 			case FORWARD_SCTP_T:
 			case FORWARD_UDP_T:
-			case SEND_T:
-			case SEND_TCP_T:
 					switch(t->val[0].type){
 						case IP_ST:
 							tmp=strdup(ip_addr2a(
diff --git a/route_struct.c b/route_struct.c
index d2dee058f..b46b1b7ed 100644
--- a/route_struct.c
+++ b/route_struct.c
@@ -371,12 +371,6 @@ void print_action(struct action* t)
 		case FORWARD_UDP_T:
 			DBG("forward_udp(");
 			break;
-		case SEND_T:
-			DBG("send(");
-			break;
-		case SEND_TCP_T:
-			DBG("send_tcp(");
-			break;
 		case DROP_T:
 			DBG("drop(");
 			break;
diff --git a/route_struct.h b/route_struct.h
index b176b9ce5..e56f4c0fd 100644
--- a/route_struct.h
+++ b/route_struct.h
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ enum _expr_l_type{
 	   SNDAF_O, RETCODE_O, SELECT_O, PVAR_O, RVEXP_O, SELECT_UNFIXED_O};
 /* action types */
 enum action_type{
-		FORWARD_T=1, SEND_T, DROP_T, LOG_T, ERROR_T, ROUTE_T, EXEC_T,
+		FORWARD_T=1, DROP_T, LOG_T, ERROR_T, ROUTE_T, EXEC_T,
 		SET_HOST_T, SET_HOSTPORT_T, SET_USER_T, SET_USERPASS_T,
 		SET_PORT_T, SET_URI_T, SET_HOSTPORTTRANS_T, SET_HOSTALL_T,
 		SET_USERPHONE_T,
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ enum action_type{
 		FORWARD_UDP_T,
 		FORWARD_TLS_T,
 		FORWARD_SCTP_T,
-		SEND_TCP_T,
 		FORCE_RPORT_T,
 		ADD_LOCAL_RPORT_T,
 		SET_ADV_ADDR_T,