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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1


                                AMENDMENT TO THE
                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                       OF

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                        DATED _____________ _____, 19___



         THIS AMENDMENT is made this _____ day of _______, 1998, by and between
HARBINGER CORPORATION, a Georgia corporation (the "Company"), and
__________________ (the "Executive").

         A.       Purpose. The Executive is now employed by the Company pursuant
                  to an Employment Agreement dated _______________ ____, 19___
                  (the "Agreement") and the Company desires to provide an
                  incentive to the Executive to continue to devote his
                  disinterested attention and undistracted dedication to the
                  performance of his duties in the potentially disturbing
                  circumstances of a Change of Control of the Company.

         B.       Severance Benefits and Limitations on Payment. If the
                  Executive's employment with the Company is terminated by the
                  Company other than for Cause or by the Executive for Good
                  Reason within the period beginning ninety (90) days before and
                  ending one hundred and eighty (180) days after a Change of
                  Control, any stock options awarded the Executive which remain
                  outstanding and not vested as of the Date of Termination shall
                  be deemed vested and exercisable; provided, that acceleration
                  in vesting does not adversely impact the availability of
                  pooling of interests accounting treatment, as such
                  determination is made by the Board in its reasonable
                  discretion.

         (C)      Definitions. For purposes of this Amendment, the following
                  definitions shall apply:

                  1.       Change of Control. A "Change of Control" shall be
                           conclusively deemed to have occurred if (and only if)
                           any of the following shall have taken place: (i) a
                           Change of Control is reported by the Company in
                           response to either Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of
                           Regulation 14A promulgated under the Securities
                           Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), or
                           Item 1 of Form 8-K promulgated under the Exchange
                           Act; (ii) any person (as such term is used in Section
                           13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes
                           the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under
                           the Exchange Act) directly or indirectly, of
                           securities of the Company representing forty percent
                           (40%) or more of the combined voting power of 

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                           the Company's then outstanding securities; or (iii)
                           following the election or removal of directors, a
                           majority of the Board consists of individuals who
                           were not members of the Board two years before such
                           election or removal, unless the election of each
                           director who was not a director at the beginning of
                           such two-year period has been approved in advance by
                           directors representing at least a majority of the
                           directors then in office who were directors at the
                           beginning of the two-year period.

                  2.       Date of Termination. "Date of Termination" means the
                           date on which a notice of termination is given either
                           by the Company or by the Executive.

                  3.       Good Reason. "Good Reason" means the Executive's
                           termination of employment for any of the following
                           events, unless such event occurs with the Executive's
                           express prior written consent:

                           (a)      The assignment to the Executive of any
                                    duties materially inconsistent with, or a
                                    diminution of, his position, duties, titles,
                                    offices, responsibilities and status with
                                    the Company as in effect immediately prior
                                    to the Change of Control of the Company,
                                    except in connection with the termination of
                                    the Executive's employment for disability,
                                    retirement, or Cause or as a result of the
                                    Executive's death or termination of
                                    employment other than for Good Reason;

                           (b)      A reduction in the Executive's base salary
                                    as in effect on the date of this Amendment
                                    or as the same may be increased from time to
                                    time;

                           (c)      A change in the location of the Executive's
                                    principal place of employment by more than
                                    thirty five (75) miles from the location
                                    where he was principally employed
                                    immediately prior to the Change of Control;

                           (d)      Any material breach by the Company of any
                                    provision of this Amendment or the
                                    Agreement; or

                           (e)      Any failure by the Company to obtain the
                                    assumption of the Agreement by any successor
                                    or assign of the Company.

                  4.       Cause. "Cause" means termination of the Executive's
                           employment under any one or more of the following
                           events:

                           (a)      Executive's knowing and wilful misconduct
                                    with respect to the business and affairs of
                                    the Company;


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                           (b)      Any material violation by Executive of any
                                    policy of the Company relating to ethical
                                    conduct or practices or fiduciary duties of
                                    a similarly situated executive;

                           (c)      Knowing and wilful material breach of any
                                    provision of this Agreement which is not
                                    remedied within thirty (30) days after
                                    Executive's receipt of notice thereof;

                           (d)      Executive's commission of a felony or any
                                    illegal act involving moral turpitude or
                                    fraud or Executive's dishonesty which may
                                    reasonably be expected to have a material
                                    adverse effect on the Company; and/or

                           (e)      Failure to comply with reasonable directives
                                    of the Board which are consistent with the
                                    Executive's duties, if not remedied within
                                    thirty (30) days after the Executive's
                                    receipt of notice thereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amendment as
of the ______ day of ____________, 1998.

                                      HARBINGER CORPORATION

                                      By:
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                                      Its:
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                                      Executive


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