Ruby On Rails Time's out trying to connect

I'm trying to send mail via Ruby and in particular Ruby On Rails. Everytime I send mail it's timing out. I followed the tutorial here http://wiki.sendgrid.com/doku.php?id=... exactly. I tried it several times and changed some of the parameters when I could not get it to work. I'm able to use authsmtp.com so I know it's not an issue with rails but rather an issue connecting to your servers. The error message I get is. The account i'm trying to use is admin@flickaday.com. I'd like to use the service to send daily reminders and would be willing to pay for an account if I can get it working.

Timeout::Error (execution expired):
app/models/contact.rb:37:in `send_invite'
app/controllers/contacts_controller.rb:105:in `invite'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/rack/request_handler.rb:91:in `process_request'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_request_handler.rb:206:in `main_loop'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:376:in `start_request_handler'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:334:in `handle_spawn_application'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/utils.rb:182:in `safe_fork'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:332:in `handle_spawn_application'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:351:in `__send__'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:351:in `main_loop'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:195:in `start_synchronously'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:162:in `start'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/railz/application_spawner.rb:213:in `start'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:261:in `spawn_rails_application'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:126:in `lookup_or_add'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:255:in `spawn_rails_application'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:80:in `synchronize'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server_collection.rb:79:in `synchronize'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:254:in `spawn_rails_application'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:153:in `spawn_application'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/spawn_manager.rb:286:in `handle_spawn_application'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:351:in `__send__'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:351:in `main_loop'
passenger (2.2.4) lib/phusion_passenger/abstract_server.rb:195:in `start_synchronously'
 
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