def server_error(request):
    exc_type, exc_info, tb = sys.exc_info()
    response = "%s\n" % exc_type.__name__
    response += "%s\n" % exc_info
    response += "TRACEBACK:\n"
    for tb in traceback.format_tb(tb):
        response += "%s\n" % tb

    if request.user:
        response += "User: %s\n" % request.user.username

    response += "\nREQUEST:\n%s" % request

    try:
        from_email = settings.ADMINS[0][1]
        to_emails = [a[1] for a in settings.ADMINS]
    except IndexError:
        pass
    else:
        mail = EmailMessage(
            subject="Error LFS", body=response, from_email=from_email, to=to_emails)
        mail.send(fail_silently=True)

    t = loader.get_template('500.html')
    return HttpResponseServerError(t.render(RequestContext(request)))
Own view in order to pass RequestContext and send an error message.
dataset/ETHPy150Open diefenbach/django-lfs/lfs/core/views.py/server_error