Emissary (Internet Software)
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Developer(s) | Attachmate/Wollongong |
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Initial release | 1995 |
Last release | 2.0 / August 28, 1996 |
Development status | Discontinued and unmaintained |
Operating system | Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT 3.5/NT 3.51[1][2] |
Available in | English |
Type | Internet Suite |
License | Proprietary |
Website | Homepage(Archive.org) |
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.[3]
Though once considered a popular internet suite, but it fell out of favor after Internet Explorer 3 was released. Development was abandoned following the Microsoft antitrust case.[4][5][6]
Contents
Emissary 1.x
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Releases
The following are releases of Emissary 1.x:[7]
- Emissary 1.0
- Emissary 1.1[8]
Emissary 2.0
Emissary 2.0 was a collection of six applications:[6]
- File Management - An FTP client
- Host Access - Remote access via TELNET
- Mail - An email client with POP3 and SMTP support as well as an address book
- News - A newsgroup reader
- Web Surfing - An HTML 3 web browser
- Hypertext editor - A WYSIWYG html editor
Each of these applications ran within Emissary and had its own helpfile.[9]
Features
Emissary 2.0 had the following features:[10][11]
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Technical
Web pages created with Emissary had the following meta tag:
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Emissary 2.0">
Emails sent with Emissary had the following X-Mailer Header: X-Mailer: Emissary V2.00, by Attachmate Corp.
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Releases
- Emissary 2.0 Public Beta [15]
- Emissary 2.0 Public BETA 1[16]
- Emissary 2.0 beta 1 [17]
- Emissary 2.0 beta 2 [17]
- Emissary 2.0 beta 3 [17]
- Emissary 2.0 beta 4 [18]
- Emissary 2.0 International Evaluation
- Emissary 2.0 Desktop Edition
- Emissary Version 2.0 Official Release [90 day evaluation]
System Requirements
Emissary 2.0 has the following system requirements:[2][19][20][21]
- Processor: An IBM PC 80486 or higher
- Ram: 8MB of RAM
- Hard drive space: 15MB to 25MB free hard drive space
- Driver: WinSock v1.1-compliant TCP/IP stack.
- Network: an ODI or NDIS-compatible network card (for intranet use)
- Modem: 28.8kbit/s or faster modem (for internet use)
Reception
The internet suite was well received.[22]
Editions
The following are the editions that were sold:[19][23][24][25][26]
Edition | Release Date | Price | Medium | Developers |
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Emissary 1.1 | 1996 | ? | ? | The Wollongong Group Inc., Attachmate Internet Products Group |
Emissary 2.0 Desktop Edition | 1996 | US$149 | Diskettes | Attachmate |
Emissary 2.0 Office Edition | 1996 | about US$400 | Diskettes | Attachmate |
References
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- ↑ http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-17462922.html
- ↑ Take from installation directory
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- ↑ http://listserv.cddc.vt.edu/gnu/ftp/pub/gnu/windows/emacs/docs/ntemacs/todo/gdb
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Further reading
- Messaging Solutions, IT Solutions
External links
- Homepage(Archive.org)
- Emissary 2.0 International Evaluation, Evolt.org
- Emissary 2.0 FTP Mirror
- Stroud's Review of Emissary, Mecklermedia Corporation