Is this link new? I thought Gmail auto-added contacts?

linkhk.googlepages.com/gmailco ...

Contacts are added only is you answer to them, isn't it?

heres what Gmail say:
<< Gmail automatically adds email addresses to your Contacts list each time you use the Reply, Reply to all, or Forward functions to send messages to addresses not previously stored in your Contacts list. Also, each time you unmark a message as Spam, Gmail automatically updates your Contacts list so that future messages from that sender are received in your inbox. You can always edit any contact's information, or delete the entry altogether. >>

mail.google.com/support/bin/an ...

so i guess what Ben found is new, right?

>> so i guess what Ben found is new, right?

No. Further down that page you're linking to, it says:

<< You can also add a sender's email address to your Contacts list from any message. Here's how:

Open the message from the sender whose information you'd like to add to your Contacts list.
Click the down arrow next to Reply, at the top-right of the message pane.
Click Add sender to Contacts list. >>

And the page was last updated on October 5, 2006.

cool..
didnt read that Tony (i was too lazy :P)
Thanks!