I would suggest making a custom component, it's more in line with your needs. Also, it doesn't open up the sendMessage to the entire app.
Here's how to do it: Creating a custom component<http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/controllers/components.html#creating-a-component> -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.