diff --git a/alloy.py b/alloy.py
index 1fd9bd14..8bed9381 100755
--- a/alloy.py
+++ b/alloy.py
@@ -72,6 +72,10 @@ def try_do_LLVM(text, command, from_validation):
         postfix = " >> " + alloy_build + " 2>> " + alloy_build
     if os.system(command + postfix) != 0:
         print_debug("ERROR.\n", from_validation, alloy_build)
+        if options.notify != "":
+            msg = MIMEMultipart()
+            attach_mail_file(msg, alloy_build, "alloy_build.log")
+            send_mail("Unable to build or download something. See logs  for more information.", msg)
         error("can't " + text, 1)
     print_debug("DONE.\n", from_validation, alloy_build)
 
@@ -296,6 +300,18 @@ def build_ispc(version_LLVM, make):
         p_temp = os.getenv("PATH")
         os.environ["PATH"] = os.environ["LLVM_HOME"] + "/bin-" + version_LLVM + "/bin:" + os.environ["PATH"]
         try_do_LLVM("clean ISPC for building", "make clean", True)
+        
+        folder = os.environ["LLVM_HOME"]  + os.sep + "llvm-" 
+        if options.folder == "":
+            folder += version_LLVM
+        if options.debug == True:
+            folder +=  "dbg"
+       
+        p = subprocess.Popen("svnversion " + folder, shell=True, \
+               stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        (revision_llvm, err) = p.communicate()
+        
+        try_do_LLVM("recognize LLVM revision", "svn info " + folder, True)
         try_do_LLVM("build ISPC with LLVM version " + version_LLVM + " ", make, True)
         os.environ["PATH"] = p_temp
     else:
@@ -360,11 +376,7 @@ def validation_run(only, only_targets, reference_branch, number, notify, update,
         os.environ["PATH"] = os.environ["ISPC_HOME"] + ":" + os.environ["PATH"]
     if options.notify != "":
         common.remove_if_exists(os.environ["ISPC_HOME"] + os.sep + "notify_log.log")
-        smtp_server = os.environ["SMTP_ISPC"]
         msg = MIMEMultipart()
-        msg['Subject'] = 'ISPC test system results'
-        msg['From'] = 'ISPC_test_system'
-        msg['To'] = options.notify
     print_debug("Command: " + ' '.join(sys.argv) + "\n", False, "")
     print_debug("Folder: " + os.environ["ISPC_HOME"] + "\n", False, "")
     date = datetime.datetime.now()
@@ -602,21 +614,24 @@ def validation_run(only, only_targets, reference_branch, number, notify, update,
         fp = open(os.environ["ISPC_HOME"] + os.sep + "notify_log.log", 'rb')
         f_lines = fp.readlines()
         fp.close()
-        line = ""
+        body = ""
         if  not sys.exc_info()[0] == None:
-            line = line + "Last exception: " + str(sys.exc_info()) + '\n'
+            body = body + "Last exception: " + str(sys.exc_info()) + '\n'
         for i in range(0,len(f_lines)):
-            line = line + f_lines[i][:-1]
-            line = line + '   \n'
-        text = MIMEText(line, "", "KOI-8")
-        msg.attach(text)
+            body = body + f_lines[i][:-1]
+            body = body + '   \n'
         attach_mail_file(msg, alloy_build, "alloy_build.log")
-        s = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server)
+        send_mail(body, msg)
 
-        print "Sending an e-mail with logs:", options.notify
-        for name in options.notify.split(" "):
-            print "Sending to: ", name
-            s.sendmail('ISPC_test_system', name, msg.as_string())
+def send_mail(body, msg):
+        smtp_server = os.environ["SMTP_ISPC"]
+        msg['Subject'] = "ISPC test system results"
+        msg['From'] = "ISPC_test_system"
+        msg['To'] = options.notify
+        text = MIMEText(body, "", "KOI-8")
+        msg.attach(text)
+        s = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server)
+        s.sendmail(options.notify, options.notify.split(" "), msg.as_string())
         s.quit()
 
 def Main():
@@ -703,6 +718,7 @@ import smtplib
 import datetime
 import copy
 import multiprocessing
+import subprocess
 from email.MIMEMultipart import MIMEMultipart
 from email.MIMEBase import MIMEBase
 from email.mime.text import MIMEText