sending mail in c++

[cx323]

I want to know how to email a file to myself using c++. My program outputs to a text file and i want to know how i could email this to myself. I looked at some tutorials but they were all to complicated for what i need. Could someone please tell me what i need to learn so i can do this. thx

[Ianmac45]

well, i know you'd have to use some api, but i neither know it nor would know how to use it

the only place i've done email or work with tcp/ip is in vb6 and later and any .net language

so, ....

[cx323]

thanks for the tip. anyone else ...

[smurfiness]

If you want to do the implementation yourself, study up on POP3 protocol and RFC822 specification. In C++, you've got to do all of the network work manually. I've done this (though not in C++). It's very time consuming, and it will take a lot of testing to get right. If you want to make life easier for yourself, try to find an ActiveX control or a ready-made C++ class that does the work for you.