I delete mail previous recipients to have them repolulated again by is it mobileme?

I delete my entire mail previous recipients list to find that they have been repolulated again. What is doing this?  How can I stop it happening?  I want to delete forever some previous recipients.  I have deleted the mail recents folder off a backup I did some time ago. Will that fix the problem?

Launch the Mail app on your Mac and go to Window>Previous Recipients.

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