Two Mac accounts

With migrating from .mac to MobileMe, my new iPhone 3g has automatically created two Mac accounts.
One is called . . . [email protected] and its description (in grey) is "Mail, Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks" while the other is called MAC Account and its description in grey is simply "Mail".
With the first one, under the Account Info everything is ON, with the second one, only Mail is ON and when I try to turn Contacts, Calendars or Bookmarks on, I get a message "Syncing with this account will turn off sync for ". . . ." (my username) and remove its synced data.
I receive mail to both of these accounts and they both use the same address and the same SMTP.
What's the wisdom out there ? Which one of the two accounts can I delete ? Would appreciate some advice.

OVozeh,
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If it is the same username for both, it is the same account entered twice.
Hope this helps,
Nathan C.
EDIT: Reiterating If the username is the same in both accounts when you look at them it is one account for MobileMe formerly known as .Mac.
If the usernames are different you need to decide which one you want to sync contacts, calendars and bookmarks with.
Deleting accounts from the iPhone only deletes the account settings on the iPhone only, not the account itself on the server.
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