.Mac and address book different

My .Mac and address book have never been synced properly.
I show 922 contacts in my address book,
and 821 in my .Mac adresses.
I thought it was because you have to have a phone number typed in
the address for it to sync to .Mac, but I have contacts in
my .Mac addresses which don't have phone numbers.
Any idea why these are never the same?
Using OS 10.3.3 and iSync 1.2.
Thanks in advance,
Paul

Paul,
Go to your .Mac address book and click on Preferences. Uncheck the "Turn on .Mac address book synchronization" then click Save.
Then go back and turn it on again and it will resync. Your .Mac address book should now match your desktop Address Book.
I had the same problem you are having at one time. I contacted apple customer support and this is what they recomended to me and it worked.
Hope it works for you.
bd

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