Module development and code questions

Hello,

I was wondering if drupal had built-in functions for sending e-mails, or if I should just use the php mail() function?

Thanx,
Thomas

Hello,

I would like to enhance the Content & Comment modules. I am a newbee to Drupal. This probably would be a good way I can wet my feet. I am passionate about it, since it can help us (10th graders) in our Communication (Hon. English) class. Heer are the features I would like to implement:

Is this something of interest to anyone? I have some php code I dug up that does a scrape of weather.com. I've sinced wrapped it as a simple drupal module that displays in a block, but I'm wondering if it's worth anything to anyone else... well?

Hello,

I'm new to editing Drupal modules, so my understanding of structure is limited at the moment. I got the image module working yesterday. I want to rework parts of the module but first I'd like to make some cosmetic changes.

- I want to eliminate the description from the gallery page with thumbnails
- I'd like to center the titles & images
- I'd like to rework the structure of how each image is shown in full size