Profile images in Gmail from emails sent by forums?

[Kalidor]

I'm curious if there's a way to set an image for email so when the recipient gets it they'll see a small image instead of the generic letter such as the example in the pic below like that site/service does.
Profile images in Gmail from emails sent by forums?

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