Mount_smbfs fails if password contains '@'

I am using mount_smbfs command in a shell script like this:
mount_smbfs -W <work-group> '//<user-name>:<password>@<host-name>/<share>' <mount-point>
But, if the password has the character '@', the command fails.
For example: mount_smbfs -W <workgroup1> '//user1:abcd@xy@hostname1/sharename1' /abcd/def
(Where password = abcd@xy
hostname = hostname1)
The command fails with the error -
mount_smbfs: can't get server address `xy@hostname1':
Unknown host
mount_smbfs: can't get server address: syserr = Network is down
Is there a way to overcome this problem?

There might be a few things worth trying:
* Don't use quotes at all and escape the @ character in the password:
//user1:abcd@xy@hostname1/sharename1
* Quote just the password:
//user1:'abcd@xy'@hostname1/sharename1
* Use double quotes and escape the @ character
"//user1:abcd@xy@hostname1/sharename1"
* Make the mount command ask for the password interactively
mount_smbfs -N -W <workgroup1> //user1:@hostname1/sharename1 /abcd/def
* If nothing else works then consider changing the password.
Maybe one of them will work.

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