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Nastygram
  • /nas'tee-gram/ n. A protocol packet or item of email (the latter is also called a letterbomb) that takes advantage of misfeatures or security holes on the target system to do untoward things.
  • Disapproving mail, esp. from a net. god, pursuant to a violation of netiquette or a complaint about failure to correct some mail- or news-transmission problem. Compare mailbomb.
  • A status report from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer. "What'd Corporate say in today's nastygram?"
  • [deprecated] An error reply by mail from a daemon; in particular, a bounce message.