Emissary (internet software)


Emissary was a popular early commercial internet suite from Attachmate for Windows. It featured a web browser, FTP support, e-mail program, a newsreader program, and an HTML editor.
Though once considered a popular internet suite, it fell out of favor after Internet Explorer 3 was released. Development was abandoned following the Microsoft antitrust case.
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Releases

The following are releases of Emissary 1.x:
  • Emissary 1.0
  • Emissary 1.1

Emissary 2.0

Emissary 2.0 was a collection of six applications:
Each of these applications ran within Emissary and had its own helpfile.

Features

Emissary 2.0 had the following features:

Technical

Web pages created with Emissary had the following meta tag:
Emails sent with Emissary had the following X-Mailer Header: X-Mailer: Emissary V2.00, by Attachmate Corp.

Releases

  • Emissary 2.0 Public Beta
  • Emissary 2.0 Public BETA 1
  • Emissary 2.0 beta 1
  • Emissary 2.0 beta 2
  • Emissary 2.0 beta 3
  • Emissary 2.0 beta 4
  • Emissary 2.0 International Evaluation
  • Emissary 2.0 Desktop Edition
  • Emissary Version 2.0 Official Release

System requirements

Emissary 2.0 has the following system requirements:Processor: An IBM PC 80486 or higherRam: 8 MB of RAMHard drive space: 15 MB to 25 MB free hard drive spaceDriver: WinSock v1.1-compliant TCP/IP stack.Network: an ODI or NDIS-compatible network card Modem: 28.8 kbit/s or faster modem

Reception

The internet suite was well received.

Editions

The following are the editions that were sold:
EditionRelease datePriceMediumDevelopers
Emissary 1.11996??The Wollongong Group Inc., Attachmate Internet Products Group
Emissary 2.0 Desktop Edition1996DiskettesAttachmate
Emissary 2.0 Office Edition1996about DiskettesAttachmate