solved by setting saslauthd to authenticate over imap - through dovecot server.} so it will listen on the same socket.the effect with sendmail is as belowMar 23 21:23:29 <2.3> puchar dovecot: auth: Error: Authentication client not compatible with this server (mixed old and new binaries?)do i need to specify something while compiling sendmail to make it compatible?
testsaslauthd shows it works fine. but it seems sendmail strips domain name from entered login.