Re: message-mode is now default?

[Alfred M. Szmidt]

   > I found another way message-mode differs from mail-mode, it does
   > not use mailalias.el, so that is yet another UI difference.  So
   > one cannot use define-mail-alias, or ~/.mailrc.

   I think it does work, albeit maybe not through mailalias.el.  If
   you invoke "M-x message-mode RET" in "emacs -Q", don't you see it
   saying it loads your ~/.mailrc?

No, and define-mail-alias does not work either for me.