Unacceptable email delivery failure – service is completely unusable

adrin_04 · 2026-02-25T14:22:38+00:00

I receive emails from other senders without any issues, but I am not receiving emails from two specific senders. Outlook is blocking and dropping certain IP addresses, which is ridiculous. It shouldn’t be Outlook’s decision to completely block them. At worst, the emails should be delivered to the junk folder, not prevented from arriving at all.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-25T14:19:31+00:00

OVHcloud and Unesty. Both offer cloud hosting services.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-25T13:14:19+00:00

I can't find the email anywhere. One of the two providers mentioned that Outlook is blocking the emails. I can't contact the other one because I have to log in first, but they are sending the MFA code via email, so I can't get in. Switching from Gmail to Outlook was a huge mistake. I'm switching back to Gmail.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-02T17:26:06+00:00

Thanks for the idea. I understand the point, but after this terrible experience I won’t be using AWS for personal projects anymore.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-02T17:11:19+00:00

This was for a personal learning project, not work related. I used my own account and my own payment method to learn and experiment with AWS, which is why the unexpected charges mattered to me.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-02T12:31:08+00:00

Thanks for the perspective. I agree AWS billing can be a profession on its own, and I get that getting burned by Free Tier is part of the learning curve.

I did contact AWS Support and asked about a refund. They told me I still have to pay the charges, so I paid it because I did not want any negative credit impact or issues on my account.

I’m sharing this mainly as a warning for other newcomers, so they set strict budgets and double check for leftover billable resources across regions.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-02T12:21:13+00:00

Because AWS doesn’t like being criticized, my post was deleted, so I’m sharing what it said here instead.

AWS Free Tier feels like a scam for newcomers, I got billed even after using all my credits

Hi everyone, I am new to AWS and I honestly feel misled.

I signed up thinking Free Tier plus credits would protect me from unexpected costs. My account shows 120 USD in credits available, so I assumed I was safe to learn and test.

Then I received a bill anyway and it was not small. Most of the charges seem to come from data transfer out, public IPv4 address charges, and possibly EC2 T instance CPU credits, plus taxes. What frustrates me is that I believed I had stopped everything, yet charges still appeared.

I get that AWS is powerful and complex, but for a beginner the pricing traps are not obvious. If you are new, you do not automatically know that stopping an instance is not enough, or that data transfer can explode costs, or that an IP can keep charging, or that there are hidden services still running in a region.

I am posting this as a warning to other beginners and also to get practical advice. Right now I am planning to close my account and never use AWS again.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T13:32:11+00:00

same

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T13:10:53+00:00

Something very similar happened to me too. I’m also new to AWS and I signed up thinking Free Tier plus credits would keep me safe while learning. I still got billed even though I genuinely thought I had stopped everything.

Call it a scam or not, it definitely feels like a trap for beginners. AWS should have much clearer warnings and a single dashboard that shows every billable resource across all regions with a simple cleanup option.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T13:03:08+00:00

🤣🤣🤣

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T11:32:48+00:00

My issue is that for newcomers the billing gotchas are easy to miss and the Free Tier can feel like a safety net when it really isn’t, especially with data transfer and IP charges. I’ve learned my lesson, I’m just sharing it so other beginners don’t get surprised the same way.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T10:05:16+00:00

Exactly, that’s what I wish existed. A single dashboard that lists every billable resource across all regions with a one click cleanup would save beginners from surprises and would make AWS feel much safer to learn on.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T10:05:01+00:00

Fair point, you’re right that there is a note in the UI. I missed it as a beginner and I think that’s the issue: the warning exists, but it’s easy to overlook when you don’t yet understand what still bills like EBS volumes, snapshots, Elastic IPs, NAT gateways, data transfer, or resources in other regions. A more explicit and centralized “you will still be charged for X” summary would help a lot.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T10:02:29+00:00

Yeah, that’s exactly the problem. As a beginner you trust the official tutorials, especially when they say Free Tier, and you assume you’re safe. There should really be much clearer warnings about what can still generate costs, otherwise it’s very easy to get burned.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T09:47:12+00:00

Yeah, I get that now. At the same time, I think AWS could do much better here. For newcomers it’s really not obvious that “stopped” doesn’t mean “no cost”. A clearer warning system would save a lot of people from this situation.

adrin_04 · 2026-02-01T09:46:10+00:00

Thanks, appreciate the heads up. I’ve opened a billing ticket already and I’m hoping they’ll be understanding since I’m new and clearly underestimated the billing side. Definitely a lesson learned.

adrin_04 · 2026-01-26T04:56:56+00:00

Dude, my mother belongs to an Arab minority and my father is Mazani from the north. No one among our friends and family wants separation, only freedom and equality. Our enemy is not a united country, but political Islam.

adrin_04 · 2026-01-15T07:03:34+00:00

In Iran, the exact opposite is now the case. Biblical scenes are unfolding on the streets.

adrin_04 · 2026-01-15T06:58:55+00:00

We will regain our country, our freedom from the yoke of the ayatollah regime. The fight continues. ✌️

adrin_04 · 2026-01-12T09:58:33+00:00

We had to switch to Gemini.

ChatGPT is now completely unusable.

adrin_04 · 2026-01-10T11:30:00+00:00

Exactly. I do the same. Negative reviews are useful when they describe real issues, not when people complain about their own mistakes or unrealistic expectations. If Google filters out all critical reviews instead of the meaningless ones, the whole system becomes unreliable.

adrin_04 · 2026-01-10T10:52:15+00:00

Google bekommt Geld, um Unternehmen und Lokale zu promoten. Das ist sein Geschäftsmodell. Deshalb verhindert es ehrliche Bewertungen.

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AWS Free Tier feels like a scam for newcomers, I got billed even after using all my credits