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submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@lemmy.zip to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago

I think it's supposed to evoke an image of an animal getting trapped in a tarpit.

IIRC, originally it was adding a delay on SMTP connections to keep spammers busy.