> From: Bob Proulx [mailto:b...@proulx.com]
> Subject: Re: Fake MX
> 
> > > [...] but that is distinct from being a tarpit, which is what
> > > I'm trying to clarify.
> >
> > A discussion around the definition of tarpit, and why tarbaby might be a
> > suboptimal, though catchy, name?
> 
> For the record a "tarbaby":
> 
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_baby
> 
> is something different from a "tarpit":
> 
>   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarpit_%28networking%29
> 
> Please, let's use the correct terminology.  They really are pretty far
> from being interchangeable.

I wonder if the OP was really referring to a "honeypot"?

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