为什么这个邮件字符串自动释放是多余的?

从 related thread ,我怎么知道下面的“mailString”已经自动删除了?

//
+ (void) sendEmail:(NSString *) subject withBody:(NSString *)body {
 NSString *mailString = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"mailto:?@&subject=%@&body=%@",
       [subject stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding],
       [body  stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding]];
 [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:mailString]];
 [mailString autorelease];
 }