e-mail, FTP, and libraries

[41hCpfjN]

Ok so i wanna make a program that sends files between computers so e-mail or FTP but can someone tell me which is easier/ better? Also while I was looking for ftp and e-mailing with C++ i came upon a non-standard library. Is this bad to use? Should I only ever use standard libs? Sorry for the noob questions I'm just pretty new to C++. Also please post websites that I can goto for FTP and e-mail. thanks in advance.

[writetonsharma]

you can use POP or POP3 to send emails.. its not difficult.. just a little bit of socket programming and you have to use the protocols of POP.

if there is a library thats fine i think.. just read about the library.. if its stable then whats the problem..

[41hCpfjN]

will winsock2 work? it says it only allows TCP and IP protocols? Also i mean is there any negatives of using non std libs? Also i just read the msdn microsoft tutorial on winsock2.h and it was the most confusing thing i have ever read.