MyShield
MyShield creates email aliases that forward messages to the real inbox associated with an account, hiding that inbox address from senders.
What MyShield is
MyShield creates email aliases that forward messages to the real inbox associated with an account, hiding that inbox address from senders. Users can delete aliases to stop future mail; paid plans also offer pause and resume controls. Pro and Business users can reply from an alias through a Reply Route associated with the alias and original sender.
The service says aliases can forward to Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Apple Mail, ProtonMail, Fastmail and other email providers. Messages travel through a live delivery path without deliberate batching, though arrival time also depends on upstream and destination mail systems. Pro and Business support custom-domain aliases, which require MX, ownership-verification TXT and DKIM TXT DNS records. These aliases forward to the account address rather than independently chosen inboxes.
The maker says message bodies and attachments are processed in memory and not stored, while routing metadata is retained. It describes AES-256 encryption at rest for destination email addresses and TLS 1.2 or higher for SMTP connections. MyShield is web-based. Its Free plan includes three private aliases; Pro costs 75 ZAR a month and Business costs 149 ZAR a month.
Good
- Free plan includes three private email aliases.
- Works with multiple listed email providers.
- Paid plans include pause and resume controls.
- Pro and Business support replies from aliases.
Watch out
- Custom-domain aliases require DNS records.
- Custom-domain aliases route only to the account email.
- Free plan is limited to three aliases.
- Paid subscriptions do not refund partial months.
Who it suits
MyShield suits people who want to use email aliases to keep their main inbox address private from senders. Pro and Business may suit users who want custom-domain aliases or the ability to reply from an alias.
Verdict
MyShield provides aliases that forward to an account inbox, with a free tier and paid controls for pause, resume and alias replies. Custom-domain aliases require DNS setup and cannot be routed to separate inboxes.
Plans and prices
From MyShield's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 3 private email aliases · instant forwarding · works with any inbox · custom labels · pause & resume · priority support · R0 /month |
| Pro | 75 ZAR a month | 20 aliases · instant forwarding · labels · pause/resume · reply from alias · custom domains · priority support · R75 /month |
| Business | 149 ZAR a month | 50 aliases · instant forwarding · labels · pause/resume · reply from alias · custom domains · priority support · R149 /month |
The facts
Each one read from MyShield's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account creation
- Registration supports email or Google sign-in and does not require a phone number or credit card.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Account deletion retention
- Account records are purged within 14 days after deletion, while SMTP connection logs are retained for 14 days for abuse investigations.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Address protection
- Websites, applications and marketers receive the alias instead of the user’s actual email address.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Alias controls
- Users can delete an alias to stop future mail, and paid plans include pause and resume controls.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Alias deletion retention
- Deleted aliases remain reserved for 30 days before the address can become available again.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Alias format
- Aliases use a 6–30 character lowercase local part with letters, digits, dots, hyphens or underscores at myshield.world.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API and extensibility
- The documentation exposes implementation endpoints such as email-forward, alias-lookup and PayFast webhook routes, but does not present a public SDK or customer API program.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Authentication security
- Password accounts use bcrypt, Google accounts use OAuth 2.0, reset tokens are hashed and sessions use short-lived JWT cookies.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cancellation
- Users can cancel at any time, but the documentation says partial-month refunds are not issued.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Copyright year
- The site footer carries a 2025 MyShield copyright notice.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom-domain routing limit
- Custom-domain aliases all forward to the account email and cannot be routed to separate inboxes per alias.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom domains
- Pro and Business customers can create aliases on a verified domain they control.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom-domain verification limitation
- The maker says its current verification check confirms the ownership TXT token but does not itself validate complete mail deliverability.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- The technical documentation covers architecture, DNS, SMTP paths, headers, filtering, security, lifecycle, billing, retention, limits and support, and was updated 6 May 2026.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Downgrade limitation
- When a downgrade leaves more aliases than the new plan allows, excess aliases are paused for 48 hours and then deleted unless the account is upgraded.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Email providers
- The maker says aliases can forward to Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Apple Mail, ProtonMail, Fastmail, and other email providers.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Encryption
- The maker states that destination email addresses are encrypted at rest with AES-256 and inbound and outbound SMTP connections require TLS 1.2 or higher.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Filtering
- Documented filtering checks IP reputation, SPF/DKIM/DMARC signals, content heuristics and malware signatures in attachments.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Forwarding
- MyShield forwards messages in its live delivery path without deliberate batching; arrival time depends partly on upstream and destination mail systems.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Inbox compatibility
- The service says it works with Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, Apple Mail, ProtonMail, Fastmail, iCloud and other providers.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent forwarding reference
- An external product page says forwarding for its own alias feature is handled through myshield.world.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Independent setup reference
- That external page describes myshield.world aliases as live immediately without setup or DNS changes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Instant forwarding
- The maker says messages normally reach the destination inbox in under five seconds without batching.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Free-plan reply limitation
- The technical documentation warns that replying directly from a forwarded Free-plan message can expose the user’s real address.checked 15 Oct 2026
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