diff --git a/reddit/api.py b/reddit/api.py
index 25fdca4..3f9ddb9 100644
--- a/reddit/api.py
+++ b/reddit/api.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import urllib2
 import urllib
 from datetime import datetime
 
+class NotLoggedIn(Exception):
+    pass
+
 class Message(dict):
     """ Reddit Message """
 
@@ -26,23 +29,32 @@ class Inbox():
     REDDIT = "http://www.reddit.com"
     REDDIT_API_LOGIN = "%s/api/login" % REDDIT
     REDDIT_API_INBOX = "%s/message/inbox/.json?mark=false" % REDDIT
+    REDDIT_API_COMPOSE = "%s/api/compose/" % REDDIT
 
-    def __init__(self, username, password):
+    def __init__(self, username=None, password=None):
 
         self.opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor())
         urllib2.install_opener(self.opener)
 
+        if username and password:
+            self.login(username, password)
 
+    def login(self, username, password):
         data = { 'user': username,
                  'passwd': password, 
                  'api_type': 'json' }
-       
+     
 
         url = "%s/%s" % (self.REDDIT_API_LOGIN, username)
         req = urllib2.Request( url, urllib.urlencode(data))
         jsondoc = json.load(self.opener.open(req))
-        
+
         self.login_cookie = jsondoc['json']['data']['cookie']
+        self.modhash = jsondoc['json']['data']['modhash']
+        if self.login_cookie:
+            return True
+
+        return False            
 
     @property
     def _inbox_data(self):
@@ -56,6 +68,10 @@ class Inbox():
              
         return self.__inbox_cache
 
+    def _url_request(self, url, data):
+        req = urllib2.Request( url, urllib.urlencode(data))
+        return self.opener.open(req)
+
     def __len__(self):
         return len(self._inbox_data)
 
@@ -65,3 +81,18 @@ class Inbox():
     def __iter__(self):
         return self._inbox_data.__iter__()
 
+    def send(self, to, subject, text):
+        if not self.login_cookie:
+            raise NotLoggedIn
+
+        print self.login_cookie
+
+        data = { 'to': to,
+                 'subject': subject,
+                 'text': 'text', 
+                 'uh': self.modhash,
+                 'thing_id': '' }
+        url = "%s" % (self.REDDIT_API_COMPOSE)
+
+        jsondoc = json.load(self._url_request(url, data))
+        print jsondoc