Obviously, it's a draft, therefore I've read it!
This is annoying as I use drafts to record a “follow up note” against an email received (but not replied to as there is no way of adding notes to emails in Gmail).
Anyone know how to stop it showing this?
Also odd is the fact that Drafts and Sent mail do not seem to conform to the labels model of Gmail.
I.e. there aren't really any folders as such, you are just seeing views of labels in the All mail folder.
Best Answer
The count helps you to keep track of how many drafts you have, which is a number most people care about.
You can either
Hide Unread Counts (from settings-labs) but unfortunately, this applies to everything, not just draft
Use GreasyMonkey (but you'll have to create your script, I don't believe anybody has already such a problem)
Fix the problem in the first place: these are not email drafts that you might send one day, but notes from yourself to yourself, right? Then, send those drafts to yourself as emails! (and possibly star or label them accordingly). They will remain neatly threaded as with the rest of the conversation