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nastygram /nas'tee-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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