Window off Screen - cannot resize -  Apple should fix this

As much as I love my Mac, I am really frustrated and fed up with the goofy design of the OS X window resizing and moving.
There have been many posts, web articles and so on complaining about the difficulty of resizing a window whose bottom edge is off the screen.
I currently cannot edit a Mail rule because of this. I have tried about five or six Applescript "fixes" supplied by various folks but none work.
This is just an appallingly bad GUI design decision in OS X. Apple should take a hint from some of the linux desktops and allow window resizing via the mouse from any location in the window.
Fix it, Apple.

I take it you're talking about the dropdown panel in Rules panel in Mail > Preferences, when you click Edit?
You must have a rule with a whole lot of conditions and/or actions.
What is your screen resolution?
I just experimented a bit, and suspect it's a bug, not "bad design". I notice as I add lines, and the panel approaches the bottom of the screen, the scroll bars appear, so the panel quits growing, as it should, but only 2 lines after they should. It looks to me like the height of the tool bar isn't being considered properly.
If that's what you're seeing, report it that way in the +Mail and Address book+ forum. If others see the same behavior, one of the top posters there may be able to report it, or you can call AppleCare and they can tell you how.
I doubt this is a condition many folks would see, so it probably hasn't come up often, if ever.
If I misunderstand what's happening, please clarify.

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