aliases file not being loaded in

[Dave Patterson <sdpatt2@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, all - 
I have these lines in my ~/.muttrc:
set alias_file=~/.mutt/aliases            # Keep aliases in this file.
source ~/.mutt/aliases                    # Load in my aliases.

however, the file .mutt/aliases does not seem to be read in correctly,
i.e.: alias "mom", the second on the list, does not read out the address
to vim when I use the mail to function,

But it will appear after I've first run a test message calling the
first name on the list.  Weird.  Any suggestions?
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Regards, Dave
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