Mention new user option `mail-default-directory'.

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@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ so we will look at it
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 * Installation Changes in Emacs 21.4
 
+** There is a new user option `mail-default-directory' that allows you
+to specify the value of `default-directory' for mail buffers.  This
+directory is used for auto-save files of mail buffers.  It defaults to
+"~/".
+
 ** Emacs can now be built without sound support.
 
 ** Emacs now supports new configure options `--program-prefix',