full-disclosure - All the md5 hashes in every single update message sent to this list

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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:22:24 -0400
From: B1towel <ben@...owel.com>
To: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: All the md5 hashes in every single update message
	sent to this list

What is the purpose of all the patch notification emails that when a security vulnerability is fixed the people who send out the notification email include a 5 mile long list of md5 hashes for every single package and all dependancies for the package that was updated? I feel that information does not need to be in the notification that the latest version fixed a security vulnerability, and to me it just gets in the way of reading the occasionally useful content this list has to offer.
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