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User wants to find a "way to get around this 10-lookups-only limit"

The 10 lookup limit is a limit for DNS lookups. Flattening the SPF record to include less DNS lookups and substituting them for IPs (flattening) DOES get around the limit.

The answer is suitable. Maybe @DavidPostill needs to take a look at the RFC?

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