Custom Mail Not Being Sent

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<form method="post" action="index.php?route=common/home/process1">
        <div class="form-group">
        	<div class="row" style="margin:0px;">
        		<div class="col-sm-9">
        			<input type="email" id="newsletter_email" name="newsletter_email" class="form-control newsletter-input" required placeholder="Enter Your Email ID">
        		</div>
        		<div class="button col-sm-3">
        		<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="form-control newsletter-input" style="background-color: #ddf0dd;border: 1px solid black;">
        		</div>
        	</div>
        </div>
        </form>

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public function process1() {

		$this->session->data['newsletter_email'] = strip_tags($this->request->post['newsletter_email']);

		$mail = new Mail($this->config->get('config_mail_engine'));

			$mail->parameter = $this->config->get('config_mail_parameter');

			$mail->smtp_hostname = $this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_hostname');

			$mail->smtp_username = $this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_username');

			$mail->smtp_password = html_entity_decode($this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_password'), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');

			$mail->smtp_port = $this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_port');

			$mail->smtp_timeout = $this->config->get('config_mail_smtp_timeout');



			$mail->setTo($this->config->get('config_email'));

			$mail->setFrom($this->config->get('config_email'));

			$mail->setSender(html_entity_decode($this->config->get('config_name'), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));

			$mail->setSubject(html_entity_decode($this->language->get('text_new_customer'), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'));

			$mail->setText("TextHere");

			$mail->send();

			var_dump($mail);
		
		$this->db->query("INSERT INTO `newsletter` SET email = '" . $this->db->escape($this->session->data['newsletter_email']) . "'");
			
		//$this->response->redirect($this->url->link('checkout/success'));

		//$this->response->addHeader('Content-Type: application/json');
		//$this->response->setOutput(json_encode($json));
	}