Checkgmail does not work with unity panel

When running checkgmail no icon is seen in the panel, therefore cant click on emails

Found a forum link that describes howto fix
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1756700.html
Summary
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
To fix this I opened the dconf-editor and clicked on desktop -> unity -> panel
I clicked on the Set to Default button.
Then I highlighted the systray whitelist and then added Checkgmail and then hit Enter key
The closed the editor and logged out and back in again.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: checkgmail 1.13+svn43-2fakesync1 [modified: usr/bin/checkgmail]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-10.16-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-10-generic i686
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.280
Date: Fri Sep 16 04:28:32 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110904)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: checkgmail
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)