Duplicate last names when both names in first name field. Keeps repeating.

When I send e-mails/ reply/ forward to people in my addressbook who have both names in the first name field, the name after the space repeats itself in the last name field. Example: John Doe becomes John Doe Doe after an e-mail.
Mail is altering this. I've experimented enough to realise that it has nothing to do with syncs or any other program.
I've seen people have solved this by corretly placing first name and last name in their correct fields. This is NOT an option for me due to the way my Treo works which does not give me the option to organize names by first name. This besides the fact that I have over 500 entries in this manner.
Irrelevant of this detail, Mail should not be altering address book information this way. There are cases in my country where a person has two first names separated by a space, if I know them in an informal manner I have no interest in having their last name or having AB repeat their second first anme then making me search my treo by last name.
I'm going to keep bumping this topic until I find some sort of solution or am given one.

Just ended up taking the time to correct first and last names in their correct fields... screws the view up on my palm, but at least the problem is solved.

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