Random issues of Mail (V5.1) app not connecting with iCloud (MobileMe) server

My wife is having intermittent iCloud email server issues. Sometimes it works, sometimes not. The iCloud system status page says everything is okay, and my MacBookPro has the exact same setup as hers and does not have the problem. Her iPhone email works without a hitch so it is somehow Mac / Lion related. She migrated from MobileMe to iCloud but so did I. We both migrated from MM to iCloud a few days after iCloud was launched in October. She has a 2010 MacBook running 10.7.2. I have an '06 MacBookPro running 10.7.2.
Here is the response from Mail Connection Doctor:
"Could not connect to the MobileMe IMAP server. Check your network connection and that you entered the correct information in the Account preferences. Also verify that the server supports SSL. If it does not, deselect the "Use SSL" checkbox in the Advanced tab of Account preferences."
I think only the first part of the Connection Doctor response is pertinent. All the settings were created by the iCloud mail setup in system preferences and are the same as mine. I ended up rebooting her system and Mail started working again but I'm not sure if that solved it or it just coincidentally started working afterward. This has happened multiple times over the last few weeks.
Any ideas?

The most probable explanation is that the server is getting overwhelmed by too many users and is therefore not responding to requests. I've seen this occasionally with other mail servers - it clears up after a bit - but whether there's just a temporary problem with iCloud or whether it's already got more customers than it can handle I don't know.

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