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`EmailManager` is not supported, throws exception
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Description
### Describe the bug
Depending on how you look at it I guess this might also be a feature request. In .NET MAUI we have [functionality](https://github.com/dotnet/maui/blob/main/src/Essentials/src/Email/Email.uwp.cs) that allows users to compose an email. For UWP we could use the code underneath to compose an email programmatically and present the user with a screen in their favorite email client to send the email.
```csharp
using Windows.ApplicationModel.Email;
EmailMessage message = new();
// Add to, cc, attachments, body, etc.
await EmailManager.ShowComposeNewEmailAsync(message);
```
When calling this from WinUI, we are presented with an exception "The request is not supported. (0x80070032)"
I've tried exploring alternatives like using `mailto:` or resorting to `MAPI`. The latter might be what this functionality is based on, but that would mean we have to add a lot of code that might already live with you.
### Steps to reproduce the bug
1. Implement code that tries to call `EmailManager`, see above
2. Run the code
3. Observe the exception being thrown

### Expected behavior
The functionality works as it did when running it through UWP which is: present the user with a compose email screen.
### Screenshots
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### NuGet package version
WinUI 3 - Windows App SDK 1.1.1
### Windows app type
- [X] UWP
- [X] Win32
### Device form factor
Desktop
### Windows version
Windows 11 (22H2): Build 22621
### Additional context
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the EmailManager call and the linked .NET MAUI Email.uwp.cs implementation; compare the UWP and WinUI behavior and review the mailto/MAPI alternatives mentioned. Done means WinUI desktop apps can present a compose-email screen without the current 0x80070032 exception, supporting the email fields described in the issue.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- api, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100