Problems Sending Email From Django SIte

I have my django site setup on my production server, a Debian machine with exim4 and django 1.6. I use smtp.cox.net to relay my emails from my server. 

I can send emails from the server using mutt. 

I can also send an email from a python prompt in my virtual environment on the server using this (with a different to and from address) after importing my projects settings.py file:

>>> from django.core.mail import send_mail

>>> send_mail('Subject here', 'Here is the message.', 'from@example.com', ['to@example.com'], fail_silently=False)

However, when I get an error on the site (ie self-induced), I do not get any emails from the site. I have ADMINS setup correctly per the docs. In settings.py I just have the basics - localhost and port 25 for email.

Perhaps the error I introduced was to severe (an import error is settings.py). I also tried accessing a page that does not exist, and no email.

My first question: How can I simulate/force an error on the site to get an email so I can make sure the site can send an email to the admins?

Thanks,

Mark

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