It seems that MSN can say if a received message is RTL: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630632 We should expose this in Messages so client can display such messages properly.
I think this might be NOTABUG, if directionality can be determined automatically? I've asked for clarification on <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/571822>.
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