Mail rule autoreply ignores 'reply-to' address

Hi all
I've just discovered that when setting a Mail Rule with the action 'reply to message', the generated reply always goes to the original sender, completely ignoring the 'reply-to' address.
This is causing me problems - when Paypal emails me saying I've received money for my business, I have an autoreply set up to send the purchaser a download link - but that goes to a generic '[email protected]' address not the purchaser's address (which Paypal put in the 'reply to' field.).
Any ideas on a way round this?
Thanks - Jon

Here is a screen shot of the Mail Rule:
Here is a screen shot of how I receive emails from Paypal:
As we had both explaied, the incoming notifications from Paypal now use a generic********* for the return address, and insert the actual customer email address in the reply to field. Our question is how can we force Apple Mail to use the reply to field as the email address used in auto replies.
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