Hey there. What you're describing is certainly puzzling. Just a couple of questions: do you have any shared contact folders? Are the John Doe's in the "Emailed Contacts" folder? I know you said you selected only the Contacts folder, but since you're sure you emptied Address Book, and the three John Doe's always show up, they must be coming from somewhere.
You can take a look at the logs in ~/Library/Logs/Zimbra/*. They might provide a clue where the contacts are being pulled from.
Take care,
Scott |