[thelist] An SMTP service without authentication

[Simon Perry]

john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote:

>Hi
>
>I've a client that has some software that sends orders by email. It
>appears it doesn't support SMTP servers that require authentication. It's
>fairly old software and although there's an update available, he prefers
>the old version.
>
>It might sound like a daft question, but where can I go to get an email
>service this software will use, ie. an SMTP server that doesn't require
>authentication?
>  
>
Authentication is in everyones best interest unless of course they are 
sending spam...

Can't his software be configured to use the local sendmail on the server 
that host it?

Simon