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.
Releases The following are releases of Emissary 1.x: Emissary 1.0 Emissary 1.1https://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-17462922.html
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.Take from installation directory
Features Emissary 2.0 had the following features:
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.http://listserv.cddc.vt.edu/gnu/ftp/pub/gnu/windows/emacs/docs/ntemacs/todo/gdb
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 [90-day evaluation]
System requirements Emissary 2.0 has the following system requirements:
Processor: An IBM PC 80486 or higher Ram: 8 MB of RAM Hard drive space: 15 MB to 25 MB free hard drive space Driver: WinSock v1.1-compliant TCP/IP stack. Network: an ODI or NDIS-compatible network card (for intranet use) Modem: 28.8 kbit/s or faster modem (for internet use)
Reception The internet suite was well received.
Editions The following are the editions that were sold:
Edition Release date Price Medium DevelopersEmissary 1.1 1996 ? ? The Wollongong Group Inc., Attachmate Internet Products Group Emissary 2.0 Desktop Edition 1996 Diskettes Attachmate Emissary 2.0 Office Edition 1996 about Diskettes Attachmate
References
Further reading Messaging Solutions, IT Solutions
External links
Emissary 2.0 International Evaluation, Evolt.org Emissary 2.0 FTP Mirror (defunct download), mirror Stroud's Review of Emissary, Mecklermedia Corporation