You would normally place the questioncode of the textquestion (which is asked by you to capture the emailaddress) in the email field of the conformation email settings. Try {questioncode} in the settings while replacing questioncode with the actual value.
It that isn't working please tell us which LimeSurvey version/build you're using. Just in case there is a bug around that workaround.
It that isn't working please tell us which LimeSurvey version/build you're using. Just in case there is a bug around that workaround.