diff --git a/sys/lib/dist/mail/lib/rewrite.direct b/sys/lib/dist/mail/lib/rewrite.direct
index f3ff838de..db0f366be 100644
--- a/sys/lib/dist/mail/lib/rewrite.direct
+++ b/sys/lib/dist/mail/lib/rewrite.direct
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 \"(.+)\"		translate	"/bin/upas/aliasmail '\1'"
 [^!@.]+			translate	"/bin/upas/aliasmail '&'"
 
-# deliver mail without a domain locally
-local!"(.+)"		>>		/mail/box/\1/mbox
-local!(.*)		>>		/mail/box/\1/mbox
-
 # your local names
 \l!(.*)					alias		\1
 \l\.YOURDOMAIN\.DOM!(.*)		alias		\1
 
+# deliver mail without a domain locally
+local!"(.+)"		>>		/mail/box/\1/mbox
+local!(.*)		>>		/mail/box/\1/mbox
+
 # convert source domain address to a chain a@b@c@d...
 @([^@!,]*):([^!@]*)@([^!]*)		alias	\2@\3@\1
 @([^@!]*),@([^!@,]*):([^!@]*)@([^!]*)	alias	@\1:\3@\4@\2