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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>nastygram</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../N.html" title="N"/><link rel="previous" href="nasal-demons.html" title="nasal demons"/><link rel="next" href="Nathan-Hale.html" title="Nathan Hale"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">nastygram</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nasal-demons.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">N</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Nathan-Hale.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="nastygram"/><dt xmlns="" id="nastygram"><b>nastygram</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/nas<61>tee<65>gram/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A protocol packet or item of email (the latter is also called a
<a href="../L/letterbomb.html"><i class="glossterm">letterbomb</i></a>) that takes advantage of misfeatures or
security holes on the target system to do untoward things. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. Disapproving mail, esp. from a <a href="net-god.html"><i class="glossterm">net.god</i></a>,
pursuant to a violation of <a href="netiquette.html"><i class="glossterm">netiquette</i></a> or a complaint
about failure to correct some mail- or news-transmission problem. Compare
<a href="../S/shitogram.html"><i class="glossterm">shitogram</i></a>, <a href="../M/mailbomb.html"><i class="glossterm">mailbomb</i></a>. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. A status report from an unhappy, and probably picky, customer.
&#8220;<span class="quote">What'd Corporate say in today's nastygram?</span>&#8221; </p></dd><dd><p> 4. [deprecated] An error reply by mail from a
<a href="../D/daemon.html"><i class="glossterm">daemon</i></a>; in particular, a
<a href="../B/bounce-message.html"><i class="glossterm">bounce message</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="nasal-demons.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../N.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Nathan-Hale.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">nasal demons<6E></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>Nathan Hale</td></tr></table></div></body></html>