This is what's called when the form is valid.

def form_valid(self, form):
        """This is what's called when the form is valid."""
        instance = form.save(commit=False)
        if hasattr(self.request, 'user'):
            instance.user = self.request.user
        if settings.CONTACT_FORM_FILTER_MESSAGE:
            instance.message = bleach.clean(
                instance.message,
                tags=settings.CONTACT_FORM_ALLOWED_MESSAGE_TAGS,
                strip=settings.CONTACT_FORM_STRIP_MESSAGE
            )
        instance.ip = get_user_ip(self.request)
        instance.site = self.site
        instance.save()
        if settings.CONTACT_FORM_USE_SIGNALS:
            contact_form_valid.send(
                sender=self,
                event=self.valid_event,
                ip=instance.ip,
                site=self.site,
                sender_name=instance.sender_name,
                sender_email=instance.sender_email,
                email=instance.subject.department.email,
                subject=instance.subject.title,
                message=instance.message
            )

        return super(ContactFormView, self).form_valid(form)