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FIGURE 9-4
E-mail about build status
SMS (Text Messages)
Keep the following in mind when considering SMS as a feedback
mechanism.
Requires:
A mobile phone with SMS capability, an e-mail
server, and a tool capable of sending e-mail.
Advantages:
Can receive messages while away from e-mail.
Disadvantages:
Messages will be very short. Same disadvan-
tages as mentioned earlier for e-mail.
It's easy to have a CI server using an e-mail server send an SMS
text message to a mobile phone. All that's needed is a phone capable of
receiving SMS text messages and a tool that will send the e-mail via an
e-mail server. This is as simple as sending an e-mail in CruiseControl.
Listing 9-2 demonstrates sending a text message from CruiseControl
when the build fails.
