Use custom email for recruiting? Professional or pretentious?

I set up a custom personal email ([email protected]) a while back because I wasn't able to get a gmail account with a clean address (ie, there'd be a bunch of numbers after my name). I will soon be sending a bunch of cold emails for recruiting and am just curious if having this email address would hurt me in any way? I thought it would be professional and help if anything, but I've heard otherwise. Would love to get your thoughts.

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