can I use send to mail recipient with the mail app?

I read it just fine.  I believe that you folks aren't understanding that, YES, there's a disconnect between Metro and Desktop and it's intentional.  Metro is where Microsoft is going, like it or not.  The functionality that has been discussed here is available on the Metro side, it's just a different method of thinking about it.  Microsoft made no secret about the fact that you can still get what used to be the Windows Live Essentials, which included the desktop Mail program, and install it on the Windows 8 Desktop.  But they're TRYING to get everyone to embrace the Metro side.  Such concepts as "Send To" is an old desktop thing.  "Share" is the mobile concept--just like on the phones and tablets.  As I said, the "disconnect" is purposeful.  You clearly don't like it, and that's fine.  There's nothing stopping people from just staying with Windows 7 or installing legacy software onto the Windows 8 Desktop side and living there.  I think it's silly, but then I have long wanted to see the end of the old desktop.  I'm a power user and I have my entire podcasting and music studio migrated to Windows 8, and I've no issues that weren't simply attributed to a small learning curve.

I completely disagree that these are stupid changes.  I, too, grew up from the old TRaSh-80 days.  And I don't pretend that the Metro side was kicked out fully mature, ether.  I worked with the Developer Preview, the Consumer Preview and the Release Preview, and watched the various bits come into fruition.  Some things I agree with, some I don't.  But I GET them, and I'm not stuck in the past.  I WANT this to move forward.  I've not lost a single bit of functionality in transition because I've purposefully begun to divorce myself from old-school.  It's time to put down the buggy whip.

ScubaDog, I don't think you understand what this conversation is about. I doubt I'm the only one who will no longer bother reading your responses.

We aren't talking about functionality of Metro apps. We are talking about the obvious disconnect between Desktop and Metro. Perhaps you should reread the original post.

Good grief, people, it's not rocket science. If you have a file open in a Metro app just bring up the Charms, select SHARE and choose your method of sharing, e.g., MAIL.  It works fine.  It works just like on the phone.  Get the "Send to:" out of your head when it comes to Metro.  Think mobile, not desktop.

If I can open a file using a metro app (e.g. opening a pdf in Reader) from the Desktop File Explorer, I should be able to Send To... using the metro Mail app. Simple as that.

I'm hoping for much deeper integration of "Metro" ideas into the Desktop side of Windows 8 with future updates. I think Microsoft has the right idea with how applications can be connected via Charms and whatnot, but right now the functionality and cooperation of desktop/modern ui is too disjointed.

What all of this boils down to, is that it is much more pleasant from a user experience perspective to be using just the desktop or just the metro environment. Aside from having something like a chat application snapped to one side, I personally find it annoying trying to manage programs running on the desktop and programs running in metro.

Lots of great things exist in Windows 8 and the ideas have been set, but Microsoft needs to start refining the whole experience, not just metro.