Move Apple Mail to separate drive

I am considering changing from Outlook to Apple Mail as my mail client. In this case, I do not plan to copy or migrate any mail from Outlook to Apple Mail, so my use of Apple Mail will be "clean" in the sense there will be no prior emails or accounts in Apple Mail.

My question is how to move/relocate the Apple Mail data folder/files from my home folder on my system HD to a separate drive that I use exclusively for data. (I prefer to keep data on a separate drive.)

Do I only need to copy the ~/Library/Mail folder to the second drive and then create a symbolic link in ~/Library pointing to the relocated /Mail folder on the second drive?

In research I have done so far I have also seen mentions of moving the following files but I question that because they would need to remain in ~/Library/Preferences ... right? --

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail-shared.plist

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist.lockfile

Using macOS 10.13.2 (High Sierra) and Apple Mail 11.2