Is this quantifier is true?

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"Every mail message larger than one megabyte will be compressed".

Let $M(x) = x$ mail message $L(x) = x$ larger than one megabyte will be compressed

$ \forall x \space (M(x) \rightarrow L(x))$

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You will need three predicate letters, not two.

Let:

  • $M(x)$ stands for 'x is a mail message'
  • $L(x)$ stands for 'x is larger than one megabyte'
  • $C(x)$ stands for 'x will be compressed'

Then we have that the sentence:

"Every mail message larger than one megabyte will be compressed"

means that

It holds generally that if x is a mail message and larger than one megabyte, then it will be compressed.

Now how to put it in adequate symbolism?