[Users] send() and dispatching

[Rick Richardson]

I am trying to dispatch a request to a sip proxy. 
Is the send() function not set up to take pseudovariables?
I am trying to use 
   send(uri:host, uri:port)
but i'm getting a syntax error with an invalid argument when initting
the server. 
 
I was using 
  forward(uri:host, uri:port); 
But I don't want the dispatcher sticking a VIA header on the message. 

Is there a reason send is not used in this fashion? I would think that
one would not want any messages being relayed back to the dispatcher for
any reason. 

Also, is record routing useful in the dispatching context? I would think
if a message did get back to the dispatcher it would send it to the
proper proxy as long as it was hashing the call-id.

any input would be appreciated.

thanks,

Rick