fix: raise an error if MX lookup times out during sending

This avoids potentially sending mail to the A record when an MX query times out.

closes #2833

doc/config/environment-variables.md

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ This document contains all the environment variables which are available for thi
 | `DNS_DKIM_IDENTIFIER` | String | The identifier to use for DKIM keys in DNS records | postal |
 | `DNS_DOMAIN_VERIFY_PREFIX` | String | The prefix to add before TXT record verification string | postal-verification |
 | `DNS_CUSTOM_RETURN_PATH_PREFIX` | String | The domain to use on external domains which points to the Postal return path domain | psrp |
+| `DNS_TIMEOUT` | Integer | The timeout to wait for DNS resolution | 5 |
+| `DNS_RESOLV_CONF_PATH` | String | The path to the resolv.conf file containing addresses for local nameservers | /etc/resolv.conf |
 | `SMTP_HOST` | String | The hostname to send application-level e-mails to | 127.0.0.1 |
 | `SMTP_PORT` | Integer | The port number to send application-level e-mails to | 25 |
 | `SMTP_USERNAME` | String | The username to use when authentication to the SMTP server |  |

doc/config/yaml.yml

@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ dns:
   domain_verify_prefix: postal-verification
   # The domain to use on external domains which points to the Postal return path domain
   custom_return_path_prefix: psrp
+  # The timeout to wait for DNS resolution
+  timeout: 5
+  # The path to the resolv.conf file containing addresses for local nameservers
+  resolv_conf_path: /etc/resolv.conf
 
 smtp:
   # The hostname to send application-level e-mails to