diff --git a/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
index 764add4bb2..18c87a7c9a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libesmtp/template
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ short_desc="Manage submission of emails using SMTP protocol"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://stafford.uklinux.net/libesmtp/"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
+update_site="${homepage}/download.html"
+update_ignore="*rc*"
 distfiles="http://stafford.uklinux.net/libesmtp/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=d0a61a5c52d99fa7ce7d00ed0a07e341dbda67101dbed1ab0cdae3f37db4eb0b