nastygram

/nas'tee-gram/ 1. A protocol packet or item of e-mail (the

latter is also called a letterbomb) that takes advantage of

misfeatures or security holes on the target system to do

untoward things.

2. Disapproving mail, especially from a net.god, pursuant to

a violation of netiquette or a complaint about failure to

correct some mail- or news-transmission problem. Compare

shitogram, mailbomb.

3. A status report from an unhappy, and probably picky,

customer. "What did Corporate say in today's nastygram?"

4. [deprecated] An error reply by mail from a daemon; in

particular, a bounce message.

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