Quickly move selected mail to a folder

I am looking to quickly move selected mail messages to a given folder. I know of command-option-t but this will use the destination of the last time I moved a message. I want a constant, always the same destination. I tried to remap the delete-key to move to a folder instead of to the trash but that did not work. I tried to specify a menu name (Message->Move To->foldername), but this also did not work (because the menu item has an icon and not just a name?).
Anyway, any clever ideas around?
Thanks alot and Merry Xmas to you all
---markus---

I love MsgFiler for this purpose. (I guess that's shorthand for "Message Filer.") It allows me to use keystrokes to access any mailbox. With a message selected, I type "command 1" to bring up MsgFiler, then type in a few letters of the mailbox I want. When it comes up on a list, I can hit "return" to send the message to that mailbox -- simple! Other options include being able to copy to selected mailboxes and opening selected mailboxes through similar easy keystrokes. I love it, and use it to keep my hundreds of messages a day filed properly. Great deal for $8! (I have no affiliation, I'm just a fan.) Here's a link to the site:
http://www.tow.com/msgfiler/

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I must be missing something here, because this is
starting to make little sense to me. In my previous
reply I did give you step-by-step instructions
to accomplish what you want. Have you tried it? Is
there something there you didn't understand? If
replacing the HOME/Library/Mail folder with an
alias doesn't work, I'm pretty sure it can be done
using Unix symbolic links instead, but I believe
Finder aliases are preferable here if they work (and
I believe they do).
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involved hacks that only provide a partial solution
and that are more likely to cause problems?
Never doubted your suggestion and was gladful for it.
However, i tried and my mail didn't show up with those personal folders which i created to categorize the chunk of emails i got. Ended up i reverse the process and everything is back in Mail again.
One thought after last night of trying, com.apple.mail.plist.
Will try to see if i can edit the default location ~/Library/Mail to my preferred location on the other partition by means of editing the plist.
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