I suggest that Content Control should accumulate weights from all rule sets. Possibly as an option with an associated threshold, in addition to the per file thresholds.
Rationale: Content Control is a valuable spam fighting tool because it can catch tricks that would fool Bayesian filters, e.g concatenation like ArbitraryWordViagraArbitraryFemaleName. This suggestion would make it possible to update/replace SPAMBUST.DAT (as part of the Pegasus install package) without overwriting user additions. Plus it would encourage a more fine-grained rule structure.
If my primary suggestion is not feasible, then I suggest either
- that the file-size limit of the internal editor be removed, or
- that the internal editor be disabled and an external editor be launched when the limit is exceeded
Erik