I GOT IT TO WORK!
I created a script named birdtray_autostart containing this:
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#!/bin/sh
sleep 30s
birdtray
# EOF
made it executable and copied it to /usr/bin, then in Settings/Session and Startup I added an autostart item on the Application Autostart tab, named it Birdtray, and pointed it at that shell script, and Robert was my avuncular! Finally! Apparently it doesn't like being started very soon after login. There must be other things still running when proggies are autostarting that it either needs or that prevent it from running. That's why I added a 30 second delay.
So now that I know how to make this little piglet a functional email notifier, my offer to create a Tips&Tricks post on configuring it to work properly stands IF anybody's actually interested in using Birdtray, otherwise I may not bother. OTOH maybe I should while everything's still fresh in my mind, in case I forget.
But I got it working for MEEEE!
That was kind of a fun way to spend a rainy afternoon.