This is a really basic (dumb?) question but presuming the plugin is working properly, what actually happens when the honeypot is triggered and where do the emails go?
If a human were watching the screen as a BOT was trying to manage his/her/its way through the form, would the form validation fail/error in a similar fashion as not filling in a required field and thereby not generate a mail or does the mail process complete and then trash the message when send is pressed?
Just curious...