High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Messenger:Mate was a retail software program distributed by Versoworks Pty Ltd that added features and enhanced both AOL Instant Messenger and MSN Messenger. Licenses to either product cost $9.95 USD. Each license included technical support and free updates for one year. Afterward, you could continue to use the software, but would have to renew your license to receive further technical support and/or updates.