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Show people’s pictures in Mail on Mac
You can show pictures of senders when you view their email messages, if their pictures are available in the Contacts app. The pictures are shown only to you; they aren’t sent with your messages.
In the Mail app
on your Mac, choose Mail > Preferences, then click Viewing.
Select “Show contact photos in the message list.”