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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def send_message(self, payload):
 """ Create a post request to the message sender """

        self.l.info("Creating outbound message request")
        result = ms_client.create_outbound(payload)
        self.l.info("Created outbound message request")
        return result