Many thanks to all of you for the suggestions and advice that led me to a solution. It was a great day for learning.

I am now using getmail to download the messages form the GMAVT POP server to my mailbox on the local server. I installed the dovecot IMAP server and now my wife and I can share local email from any machine in the house. As always, I stand on the heads of giants by using a well written how-to by an expert:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=715689 (the pertinent info is in Part 3)

Today: an IMAP Server
Tomorrow: Shared Contacts (probably using LDAP), maybe

Happy New Year to all.

Now I go to see if my family hasn't deserted me.... :)

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