Quick Scoop

If you mean fantasy draft or draft-pick trading, the simplest way to avoid extra messages is to turn off draft-pick trading or move draft-pick discussions out of chat and into league settings or private messages only. If you mean email drafts, the usual fix is to stop saving drafts on the server in IMAP mail settings.

Draft-pick chats

For leagues, the cleanest setup is:

  1. Disable draft-pick trading if your platform allows it.
  2. Keep draft-related talk in a single pinned thread instead of group chat.
  3. Ask the commissioner to limit auto-notifications for picks, trades, and roster moves.
  4. Use private messages only for specific trade offers, not general chatter.

That keeps the draft moving without the constant side messages that tend to pile up around picks.

Email drafts

If your issue is messages reappearing as drafts, one known fix is to uncheck save drafts on server in mail preferences when using IMAP. That prevents sent messages from being stored or mirrored back in a way that can look like duplicate draft activity.

Best practical setup

A low-noise draft environment usually looks like this:

  • One official draft channel.
  • No side conversations during picks.
  • Trading rules set before the draft starts.
  • Notifications limited to essential updates only.

That approach reduces confusion and helps everyone focus on the board instead of the chat.

TL;DR

Use league settings to disable or limit draft-pick trading and notifications, or change mail preferences if you meant email drafts.