Add a spamchecker method to allow or deny 3pid invites (#10894)

This is in the context of creating new module callbacks that modules in https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse-dinsic can use, in an effort to reconcile the spam checker API in synapse-dinsic with the one in mainline.

Note that a module callback already exists for 3pid invites (https://matrix-org.github.io/synapse/develop/modules/third_party_rules_callbacks.html#check_threepid_can_be_invited) but it doesn't check whether the sender of the invite is allowed to send it.

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diff --git a/docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md b/docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md
index 92376df993..787e99074a 100644
--- a/docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md
+++ b/docs/modules/spam_checker_callbacks.md
@@ -44,6 +44,41 @@ Called when processing an invitation. The module must return a `bool` indicating
 the inviter can invite the invitee to the given room. Both inviter and invitee are
 represented by their Matrix user ID (e.g. `@alice:example.com`).
 
+### `user_may_send_3pid_invite`
+
+```python
+async def user_may_send_3pid_invite(
+    inviter: str,
+    medium: str,
+    address: str,
+    room_id: str,
+) -> bool
+```
+
+Called when processing an invitation using a third-party identifier (also called a 3PID,
+e.g. an email address or a phone number). The module must return a `bool` indicating
+whether the inviter can invite the invitee to the given room.
+
+The inviter is represented by their Matrix user ID (e.g. `@alice:example.com`), and the
+invitee is represented by its medium (e.g. "email") and its address
+(e.g. `alice@example.com`). See [the Matrix specification](https://matrix.org/docs/spec/appendices#pid-types)
+for more information regarding third-party identifiers.
+
+For example, a call to this callback to send an invitation to the email address
+`alice@example.com` would look like this:
+
+```python
+await user_may_send_3pid_invite(
+    "@bob:example.com",  # The inviter's user ID
+    "email",  # The medium of the 3PID to invite
+    "alice@example.com",  # The address of the 3PID to invite
+    "!some_room:example.com",  # The ID of the room to send the invite into
+)
+```
+
+**Note**: If the third-party identifier is already associated with a matrix user ID,
+[`user_may_invite`](#user_may_invite) will be used instead.
+
 ### `user_may_create_room`
 
 ```python