Hetzner is a spammer / scammer hell hole. I didn't even realize they had clean ip addresses. Anyone spin up an instance recently and test deliverability?
Good feedback - maybe I'm getting them confused with another of the AWS lite folks (linode or ...). I had a miserable time on one of these with just trashed IP address rep (but unlimited bandwidth supposedly).
Digitalocean used to offer unlimited bandwidth (not anymore). They are completely trashed, half on DNSBL, most people I know drop traffic from them due to relentless bruteforcing and abuse.
I remembered one of these players and just being totally shocked had how bad they were in this area - like no care - despite trying to compete with AWS. I don't remember if there was also internal to their network scan / attack stuff going unaddressed in addition to just issues with deliverability out (non marketing) but I honestly felt like I was working with kids vs adults a bit (this is some time ago though).
I'd been told I was an idiot for paying for AWS and that there was lots to be saved on their unlimited bandwidth etc - but it ended up being absolutely not worth it. AWS support is really good. They seem to take abuse issues quasi seriously etc.
Yeah I don't know what is up with digitalocean. I can think of several things, like free EDU credit (abused relentlessly, seemingly mostly by CN/IN with fake edu emails or stolen identity ones) and $5 to $10 free trials, though this has been reduced a bit via card requirements.
They do have very long term customers that are abusive as fuck, spray high-PPS port scans and bruteforces out under the false guise of security research (with no IRB, no studies, no affiliation or notice of who they are), pretty much floods that abuse has ignored.
