title: How to send mail on windows (other than MAPI)
body: <p>When viewing the MSDN MAPI documentation page it says the API is now deprecated. If that's the case, what is the suggested API for sending mail these days?</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd296734.aspx" rel="noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd296734.aspx</a></p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong> Thanks for all the suggestions, the managed route isn't suitable for me as we're using MFC. </p>