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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


Contacts:      Joel G. Katz, CFO
               Harbinger Corporation
               404-467-3011
               joel.katz@harbinger.com


For Immediate Release...


            HARBINGER CORPORATION ANNOUNCES STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM

     ATLANTA, GA - OCTOBER 2, 1998 - Harbinger Corporation (NASDAQ:HRBC), a 
worldwide supplier of Electronic Commerce software, services and solutions, 
announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase 
program authorizing the repurchase of up to ten percent (10%) of its 
outstanding shares of common stock over the next 12 months. Purchases will be 
made from time to time as market and business conditions warrant, in open 
market, negotiated or block transactions. Harbinger has approximately 42 
million shares outstanding.


ABOUT HARBINGER

     Harbinger Corporation is a worldwide, single-source provider of Electronic 
Commerce software, services and solutions serving the industry's largest 
software and network customer community. The company is dedicated to providing 
comprehensive and scalable E-Commerce software and Value Added Network services 
for computing platforms ranging form desktops to mainframes and meeting the 
emerging market needs for Internet and Web commerce solutions, including 
electronic catalogs and secure EDI over the Internet. Harbinger is 
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and provides worldwide support to its 
customer community from multiple U.S. and overseas operations facilities. For 
additional information on this announcement and Harbinger's full line of 
products and services, visit the World Wide Web at www.harbinger.com.