nastygram

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:nastygram: /nastee-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. "Whatd Corporate say in todays nastygram?" 4. [deprecated] An error reply by mail from a daemon; in particular, a bounce message.
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