diff --git a/conf/scheduler.xml b/conf/scheduler.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..345c31e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/scheduler.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task https://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+	<task:scheduler id="myScheduler" pool-size="10" />
+
+	<bean id="testMessageSender"
+		class="com.example.sshd.service.MessageSender">
+		<property name="fromJID" value="" />
+		<property name="toJID" value="" />
+		<property name="message" value="" />
+	</bean>
+	<task:scheduled-tasks scheduler="myScheduler">
+		<task:scheduled ref="testMessageSender"
+			method="sendMessage" cron="* * * * * ?" />
+	</task:scheduled-tasks>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d9a0a9e..ce5a4b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>com.example.sshd</groupId>
 	<artifactId>echo-sshd-server</artifactId>
-	<version>2.2.1</version>
+	<version>2.2.2</version>
 	<name>ECHO SSH SERVER</name>
 	<description>Learning Apache Mina SSHD library</description>
 	<parent>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/config/AppConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/config/AppConfig.java
index 3adec8e..1ca9345 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/config/AppConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/config/AppConfig.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Scope;
 import org.xmpp.packet.Message;
 
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Cache;
 import com.github.benmanes.caffeine.cache.Caffeine;
 
 @Configuration
+@ImportResource("file:conf/scheduler.xml")
 public class AppConfig {
 
     @Value("${xmpp-component.config-json}")
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/service/EchoComponent.java b/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/service/EchoComponent.java
index 80e54f5..c7ec3d4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/service/EchoComponent.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/service/EchoComponent.java
@@ -74,6 +74,20 @@ public class EchoComponent extends AbstractComponent {
 	return this.getClass().getName();
     }
 
+    public void sendMessage(String fromJID, String toJID, String message) {
+	try {
+	    Message outMsg = new Message();
+	    outMsg.setType(Message.Type.chat);
+	    outMsg.setFrom(fromJID);
+	    outMsg.setTo(toJID);
+	    outMsg.setBody(replyService.executeShellCommand(message));
+	    externalComponentManager.sendPacket(this, outMsg);
+	    logger.info("[sendMessage] -- SENT -- {}", outMsg);
+	} catch (Exception err) {
+	    logger.error("[sendMessage] ", err);
+	}
+    }
+    
     private void doEcho(final Message inMsg, String body) {
 	try {
 	    Message outMsg = new Message();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/service/MessageSender.java b/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/service/MessageSender.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..697d7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/sshd/service/MessageSender.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package com.example.sshd.service;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+public class MessageSender {
+
+    @Autowired
+    EchoComponent echoComponent;
+    
+    private String fromJID, toJID, message;
+    
+    public void sendMessage() {
+	echoComponent.sendMessage(fromJID, toJID, message);
+    }
+
+    public String getFromJID() {
+        return fromJID;
+    }
+
+    public void setFromJID(String fromJID) {
+        this.fromJID = fromJID;
+    }
+
+    public String getToJID() {
+        return toJID;
+    }
+
+    public void setToJID(String toJID) {
+        this.toJID = toJID;
+    }
+
+    public String getMessage() {
+        return message;
+    }
+
+    public void setMessage(String message) {
+        this.message = message;
+    }
+}