Sending email from Adobe AIR

Hi,

Does Adobe AIR have the ability to send automatically generated email messages without using the mailto: command to open an Outlook or Mail Application? I basically am looking for a way to allow a user to compose messages within an Adobe AIR application and when they press a send button in the application it sends the message to the appropriate email address.

If Adobe AIR can't handle this as a standalone application what would you recommend as a work around?

Thanks for your advice and time in advance.

--Nick