I'm trying to get into C/C++ programming again and so I identified a piece of JournalScape that I'd like to convert from perl to C++... however I need a C library that will let me send email (I don't really enjoy the thought of writing and debug networking code, especially since I'm just relearning).

Strangely though, it's been extremely difficult to find one. I've found libsmtp (won't compile without some gtk libraries, but I can't seem to resolve all of the dependencies) and I've found libESMTP which simply won't compile.

I realize a lot you who read this probably have no idea what I'm talking about, but I thought maybe one or two of you could help.