nastygram

( /nasĀ“teeĀ·gram/, n.)

   1.  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.

   2.  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 {shitogram}, {mailbomb}.

   3.  A  status  report  from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer.
   "What'd 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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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {cursor dipped in X}{letterbomb}{mailbomb}{shitogram}]