[Python] "[Errno 101] Network is unreachable" when trying to send email using Django

For some reason I am getting this error when trying to send an email (with gmail) using Django.

[Errno 101] Network is unreachable


The weird part about this is that it only seems to happen when my web app is running on my server (bluehost). It works fine when locally.

Here are my email settings

EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = 'email@gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'FakePassword'
EMAIL_PORT = 587


Any idea as to how I can fix this?

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