Own email via SMTP for sending emails with automations
I would also use it as trigger for the workflow.
It should be not hard to implement SMTP/IMAP connection and in this way anyone could use any email provider.
this is exacly what i was looking for
Yeah, I was really surprised that it is not there yet.

+1 for SMTP email capability
In “real” business GMail & Co. are not common at all and sometimes not even allowed for B2B contacts. So YES, please SMTP/IMAP connects.