> Are these making it to the list ?

Yes.  You have to send some command to the list server if you want to
receive copies of your own posts.

> In other words, how does one go about making a PDF file that can be
> viewed using acrobat ?

You need the commercial version of Acrobat Exchange; the free one is only a
viewer.  There is also something called Distiller that can translate
PostScript into PDF.

Cheers,
Eric