Emissary was a popular early commercial
internet suite from
Attachmate
Attachmate Corporation is a 1982-founded software company which focused on secure terminal emulation, legacy integration, and managed file transfer software. Citrix-compatibility and Attachment ''Reflection'' were enhanced/added offerings.
Hist ...
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
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3 (IE3) is a graphical web browser which was announced in March 1996, and was released on August 13, 1996 by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and on January 8, 1997 for Apple Mac OS (see IE for Mac). It began serious ...
was released. Development was abandoned following the Microsoft antitrust case.
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:
* 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.
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
0-day evaluation
System Requirements
Emissary 2.0 has the following system requirements:
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* 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
An intranet is a computer network for sharing information, easier communication, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders. The term is used in c ...
use)
* Modem: 28.8kbit/s or faster
modem (for
internet use)
Reception
The internet suite was well received.
Editions
The following are the editions that were sold:
References
Further reading
Messaging Solutions IT Solutions
External links
*
Emissary 2.0 International Evaluation Evolt.org
(defunct download)
mirror Mecklermedia Corporation
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Discontinued internet suites