/usr/src/etc/login.conf has an entry for datasize-curr which I believe is a no-op. Another problem with the "news" entry is the filesize. I suspect this it's a big mistake to limit the filesize. For example, the history file on my freebsd netnews system is 290 MB which is larger the 120 MB found in login.conf... How-To-Repeat: % more /usr/src/etc/login.conf
State Changed From-To: open->closed Already fixed in both the -current and -stable branches.