The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
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.
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):
nastygram
/nas'tee-gram/ 1. A network packet or
e-mail message (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 e-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]
(2004-02-17)