Nastygram

2 definitions found

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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}.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}.
       
          [{Jargon File}]