diff --git a/chatmaild/pyproject.toml b/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
index 32b495b8..90c1fe9a 100644
--- a/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
+++ b/chatmaild/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ where = ['src']
 doveauth = "chatmaild.doveauth:main"
 filtermail = "chatmaild.filtermail:main"
 echobot = "chatmaild.echo:main"
+chatmail-metrics = "chatmaild.metrics:main"
 
 [project.entry-points.pytest11]
 "chatmaild.testplugin" = "chatmaild.tests.plugin"
diff --git a/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/metrics.py b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/metrics.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d4132a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chatmaild/src/chatmaild/metrics.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pathlib import Path
+import time
+import sys
+
+
+def main():
+    vmail_dir = sys.argv[1]
+    accounts = 0
+    ci_accounts = 0
+
+    for path in Path(vmail_dir).iterdir():
+        accounts += 1
+        if path.name.startswith("ci-"):
+            ci_accounts += 1
+
+    timestamp = int(time.time() * 1000)
+    print(f"accounts {accounts} {timestamp}")
+    print(f"ci_accounts {ci_accounts} {timestamp}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
index cdde08cd..ec5b6372 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/__init__.py
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ def _install_remote_venv_with_chatmaild(config) -> None:
         ],
     )
 
+    files.template(
+        src=importlib.resources.files(__package__).joinpath("metrics.cron.j2"),
+        dest="/etc/cron.d/chatmail-metrics",
+        user="root",
+        group="root",
+        mode="644",
+        config={
+            "mail_domain": config.mail_domain,
+            "execpath": f"{remote_venv_dir}/bin/chatmail-metrics",
+        },
+    )
+
     # install systemd units
     for fn in (
         "doveauth",
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/metrics.cron.j2 b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/metrics.cron.j2
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbf768ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/metrics.cron.j2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*/5 * * * * root {{ config.execpath }} /home/vmail/mail/{{ config.mail_domain }} >/var/www/html/metrics
diff --git a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/nginx.conf.j2 b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
index b0768edb..91cfd1db 100644
--- a/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
+++ b/cmdeploy/src/cmdeploy/nginx/nginx.conf.j2
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ http {
 			try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
 		}
 
+                location /metrics {
+                        default_type text/plain;
+                }
+
         # add cgi-bin support
         include /usr/share/doc/fcgiwrap/examples/nginx.conf;
 	}