F.A.Q.

Usenet (USEr NETwork) is a global, distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. It was conceived by Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979. Users read and post e-mail-like messages (called "articles") to a number of distributed newsgroups, categories that resemble bulletin board systems in most respects. The medium is distributed among a large number of servers, which store and forward messages to one another. Individual users download and post messages to a single server, usually operated by their ISP or university, and the servers exchange the messages between each other.

Click search or browse at top menu to view the binaries indexed by this site.
When you find files you want, there are three ways to create an NZB for the files:
1. The 'regular' way -
Click the check box next to the files that interest you. Click the 'Make NZB' button at the top of the search results to download an NZB with headers for the selected files.
2. Grab it and go -
Click the 'Download NZB' link from under the files you want to download. An NZB with the selected files will be created on the fly. This method requires Javascript.
3. Personalised Home -
We offer you the unique option to create your own MegaNZB 'start' page. Follow the link from the 'Clasic' start page to start using it. From there you can add as many search queries you wish (up to 5 results per query) and each time you visit the start page you will be shown the latest results. From here you can also (for instance) add your favourite groups to keep an eye on them. A nifty feature is that you can arrange the search boxes to your own liking (try playing arround with that, its the green icon on the left on every result box). This method requires Javascript and cookies.
4. RSS and XML feeds
Yes.. we even offer you RSS and XML feeds for every group we index and for your own queries. A few examples how to use these on MegaNZB is below:

RSS feed on a group:

http://meganzb.com/browse.php?g=alt.binaries.documentaries&format=rss

Same, but in XML format:

http://meganzb.com/browse.php?g=alt.binaries.documentaries&format=xml

A search query for 'download' in RSS:

http://meganzb.com/search.php?q=download&format=rss

And the same in XML:

http://meganzb.com/search.php?q=download&format=xml

Advanced RSS (50 result, from max 31 days old):

http://meganzb.com/search.php?q=download&a=31&r=50&format=rss

NZB is a free file format that makes it easier for users to locate and download materials from Usenet. NZB created by the owners of the Internet site Newzbin.com and is based on XML. The NZB format works by each file containing a list of unique message-IDs that a compatible news client can then use to identify, locate and download specific articles. These articles contain file parts that once downloaded can be assembled by the news client into working files. Using NZBs files can be added directly to a download queue of a news client, without any header retrieval necessary. Without NZBs, a user must first download the full headers for all the postings in a group, then search these thousands or even millions of message headers to find the desired subject.

We have found the following. Please e-mail us if you know any others.
NZB-O-Matic (Plus)
NZB and NZBlib

One you have a correct NZB, you will need to import this file into an "NZB compatible" client. A large list of these clients can be found here.

NO! The MegaNZB indexer is only an index of content found on Usenet. It is not possible to download files from here. You need a news reader and news server to download files. The NZB files that are generated by the indexer also makes these 'on the fly' and per user request. They are not stored on disk nor are they cached.

You can use the "Browse Newsgroups" link to see what groups are currently indexed by MegaNZB. This is a small selection of some quite active and populair groups today. If your favourite group is not listed, and you would really really realllllyyy like to see it indexed here, you might request this by sending some mail to hostmaster@meganzb.com.