DNS Denied Query in Syslog

SYSTEM INFORMATION
OS type and version Ubuntu Linux 20.04.4
Webmin version 1.990
Virtualmin version 6.17-3 Pro

I am seeing this in my log file. The domain name has been changed.

I am just checking to make sure this is not a problem.
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd130031c30 103.219.59.100#35659 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/SOA/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd128018ad0 199.168.90.238#38337 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/NS/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd12c04cfc0 199.168.90.238#57177 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/TXT/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd134016cd0 103.219.59.100#43470 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd134012f90 199.168.89.109#49451 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd130031c30 199.168.90.238#48347 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/NS/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd13003de10 199.168.90.238#46350 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/TXT/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd13003de10 199.168.89.109#54660 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd134012f90 103.219.59.100#38756 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/SOA/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:06:21 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd134012f90 103.219.59.100#60241 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:07:56 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd128018ad0 221.164.34.77#42946 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:07:56 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd128018ad0 221.164.34.71#43418 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:07:57 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd13003de10 221.164.34.77#48299 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:07:57 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd128018ad0 221.164.34.71#37445 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:07:57 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd13003de10 221.164.34.73#55730 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:07:57 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd12c04cfc0 221.164.34.80#52056 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:07:57 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd134012f90 221.164.34.73#59771 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/A/IN’ denied
Apr 3 21:07:57 server05 named[767]: client @0x7fd134012f90 221.164.34.80#38549 (domain.com): query (cache) ‘domain.com/AAAA/IN’ denied

This is for a domain that was hosted on this server at one time but has since been removed.

Does the whois still mention the server as DNS for that particular domain? If yes, it is no wonder that it is still frequently queried.

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